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Caustic Light in Nonlinear Photonic Media / by Alessandro Zannotti.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Zannotti, Alessandro, author.
- Series:
- Physics and Astronomy (SpringerNature-11651)
- Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,. 2190-5053
- Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research, 2190-5053
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lasers.
- Photonics.
- Optical materials.
- Electronics--Materials.
- Electronics.
- Oceanography.
- Statistical physics.
- Atoms.
- Physics.
- Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices.
- Optical and Electronic Materials.
- Applications of Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos Theory.
- Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics.
- Local Subjects:
- Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices.
- Optical and Electronic Materials.
- Oceanography.
- Applications of Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos Theory.
- Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (XIII, 180 pages) : 70 illustrations, 59 illustrations in color.
- Edition:
- First edition 2020.
- Contained In:
- Springer Nature eBook
- Place of Publication:
- Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2020.
- System Details:
- text file PDF
- Summary:
- Caustics are natural phenomena, forming light patterns in rainbows or through drinking glasses, and creating light networks at the bottom of swimming pools. Only in recent years have scientists started to artificially create simple caustics with laser light. However, these realizations have already contributed to progress in advanced imaging, lithography, and micro-manipulation. In this book, Alessandro Zannotti pioneers caustics in many ways, establishing the field of artificial caustic optics. He employs caustic design to customize high-intensity laser light. This is of great relevance for laser-based machining, sensing, microscopy, and secure communication. The author also solves a long standing problem concerning the origin of rogue waves which appear naturally in the sea and can have disastrous consequences. By means of a far-reaching optical analogy, he identifies scattering of caustics in random media as the origin of rogue waves, and shows how nonlinear light-matter interaction increases their probability.
- Contents:
- Introduction and Motivation
- Realization and Exploration of Structured Light and Photonic Structures
- Elementary Optical Catastrophes and Caustic-Based Photonic Structures
- Propagation-Invariant Caustics
- Caustic Networks and Rogue Waves
- Conclusion and Outlook.
- Other Format:
- Printed edition:
- ISBN:
- 978-3-030-53088-4
- 9783030530884
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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