Title :
Saturation of the all-optical Kerr effect in solids
Author :
Borchers, Bastian ; Birkholz, Simon ; Br?©e, Carsten ; Steinmeyer, G?¼nter
Author_Institution :
Max-Born-Inst. (MBI), Berlin, Germany
Abstract :
We discuss the appearance of saturating higher-order Kerr contributions at extreme intensities inside dielectric solid-state materials. A complete theoretical framework for estimations of these effects is presented together with experimental results.
Keywords :
optical Kerr effect; all-optical Kerr effect; dielectric solid-state materials; higher-order Kerr contributions; Absorption; Computational modeling; Kerr effect; Nonlinear optics; Photonic crystal fibers; Solids;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
