Method for computing the nonlinear refractive index via Keldysh theory

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 433-437

  Brée, Carsten ^a,b   Demircan, Ayhan ^a   Steinmeyer, Günter ^b  

^a WEIERSTRASS INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED ANALYSIS AND STOCHASTICS   (Germany)

^b MAX BORN INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Multiphoton ionization; Nonlinear refraction; Pulse compression; Whitelight generation

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; ATOMIC MODELS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; HYPER-POLARIZABILITY; INFRARED SPECTRAL; INTENSITY DEPENDENCE; IONIZATION ENERGIES; IONIZATION RATES; KELDYSH THEORY; KRAMERS-KRONIG TRANSFORMS; MULTIPHOTON IONIZATION; NON-LINEAR REFRACTION; NONLINEAR REFRACTIVE INDEX; PARTICLE DENSITIES; PERTURBATIVE LIMIT; R-ORDER; REFERENCE DATA; WHITE-LIGHT GENERATION;

GENE EXPRESSION; INERT GASES; LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; LIGHT REFRACTION; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; PARTICLE DETECTORS; PHOTOIONIZATION; PULSE COMPRESSION; REFRACTION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; REFRACTOMETERS;

IONIZATION OF GASES;

EID: 77249104013     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2009.2031599     Document Type: Article

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