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Franz X. Kärtner and Erich P. Ippen.
Stein, Gregory Joseph
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
2016-03-03T20:30:48Z
2016-03-03T20:30:48Z
2015
2015
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/101475
940977547
Thesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2015.
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I present a numerical package, written in MATLAB, which provides a simplified scripting interface for simulating a host of ultrashort pulse propagation phenomena. With the proliferation of ultrashort laser technologies, the demand for efficient and accurate simulations has grown significantly. Here I introduce a linear-operator-based formalism for nonlinear pulse propagation beyond the slowly-varying-envelope approximation, which includes phenomena such as nonlinear wave mixing, plasma blue-shifting, and high harmonic generation. I also demonstrate the capabilities of our versatile simulation package, which can handle optical pulse propagation through a host of geometries and guiding structures. Finally, the simulation package is used to investigate a number of effects, particularly that of modulational instability in Kagome-type hollow-core photonic crystal fibers.
by Gregory Joseph Stein.
S.M.
100 pages
eng
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
Modeling of nonlinear ultrashort optical pulse propagation
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