Laser pulse propagation in relativistically time-dependent media

D. Faccio; E. Rubino; A. Couairon; F. Belgiorno; F. Dalla Piazza; S. L. Cacciatori

doi:10.1117/12.2006536

Laser pulse propagation in relativistically time-dependent media

D. Faccio
, E. Rubino
, A. Couairon
, F. Belgiorno
, F. Dalla Piazza
, S. L. Cacciatori

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Abstract

Nonlinear optics and, in general, the interaction of light with matter is usually studied in the context of a stationary medium that does not change in time or changes slowly on the time scale of the optical frequency cycle. However, there are a number of interesting effects that arise when the medium is allowed to change at very rapid rates. We first discuss the recent experimental discovery of a new kind of resonant radiation emission from laser pulse shock fronts and consider its main features in terms of a possible route to investigate light scattering from a relativistically moving scatterer. As a second example we consider the case of a periodically changing medium: such a situation bears a close resemblance to the dynamical Casimir effect.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Ultrafast Phenomena and Nanophotonics XVII
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2006536
Publication status	Published - 30 May 2013
Event	Ultrafast Phenomena and Nanophotonics XVII - San Francisco, CA, United States Duration: 3 Feb 2013 → 6 Feb 2013

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	8623
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X

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Conference	Ultrafast Phenomena and Nanophotonics XVII
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Francisco, CA
Period	3/02/13 → 6/02/13

Keywords

Nonlinear optics
Quantum optics
Solitons

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Faccio, D, Rubino, E, Couairon, A, Belgiorno, F, Piazza, FD & Cacciatori, SL 2013, Laser pulse propagation in relativistically time-dependent media. in Ultrafast Phenomena and Nanophotonics XVII., 862319, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 8623, Ultrafast Phenomena and Nanophotonics XVII, San Francisco, CA, United States, 3/02/13. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2006536

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Laser pulse propagation in relativistically time-dependent media

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