Title :
Saturation of the all-optical Kerr effect
Author :
Brée, C. ; Demircan, A. ; Steinmeyer, G.
Author_Institution :
Max-Born-Inst. (MBI), Berlin, Germany
Abstract :
A Kramers-Kronig transform of multiphoton ionization rates allows for a computation of the spectrally dependent nonlinear refractive index change and predicts its intensity dependent saturation and inversion in remarkable agreement with recent experimental results.
Keywords :
Kramers-Kronig relations; argon; molecule-photon collisions; multiphoton processes; optical Kerr effect; optical saturation; photoionisation; refractive index; Ar; Kramers-Kronig transform; argon; intensity-dependent optical saturation; multiphoton ionization; optical Kerr effect; spectrally dependent nonlinear refractive index; Argon; Computational modeling; Ionization; Mathematical model; Nonlinear optics; Optical variables control; Refractive index;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
