Accession Number:

ADA278938

Title:

Theoretical Studies of Ultrashort Phenomena

Descriptive Note:

Final rept. 1 May-30 Sep 1993

Corporate Author:

COLUMBIA UNIV NEW YORK

Personal Author(s):

• Potaske, M. J.

Report Date:

1993-11-01

Pagination or Media Count:

7.0

Abstract:

With the advent of new laser sources, considerable interest has been focussed on the interaction of femtosecond optical pulses with nonlinear media. We find conditions for femtosecond solitons and demonstrate that they differ in their velocity and phase from the traditional solitons. We investigate physical properties for their experimental observation. Femtosecond optics, Nonlinear optics, Nonlinear partial differential equations.

Descriptors:

• *NONLINEAR OPTICS
• *INFRARED PULSES
• *SOLITONS
• VELOCITY
• FIBER OPTICS
• INTERACTIONS
• SHORT RANGE(TIME)
• DISPERSIONS
• OPTICAL SWITCHING
• PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
• PHASE
• PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
• PULSED LASERS

Subject Categories:

• Fiber Optics and Integrated Optics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE