Laser assisted modification of optical and structural properties of composite glass with silver nanoparticles [Elektronische Ressource] / vorgelegt von Alexander V. Podlipensky

Laser assisted modification of optical and structural properties of composite glass with silver nanoparticles Dissertation Zur Erlangung des Doktorgrades des Fachbereichs Physik der Martin-Luther Universität Halle-Wittenberg Vorgelegt von Alexander V. Podlipensky aus Minsk, Weißrussland Gutachter: 1. Professor Dr. Heinrich Graener (Martin Luther Universität Halle Wittenberg) 2. Professor Dr. Gero von Plessen (Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen) verteidigt am 26.04.2005urn:nbn:de:gbv:3-000008361[http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn=nbn%3Ade%3Agbv%3A3-000008361]Contents_____________________________ Introduction______________________________________________________1-2 Chapter 1. Propagation of optical beams in composite medium containing metal nanoparticles.______________________________________3-19 1.1. The Basics of the Linear and Nonlinear Wave Interactions……………….3 1.2. Propagation of a plain electromagnetic wave in a linear isotropic medium. The dispersion, absorption and reflection of light……………………………...5 1.3. Nonlinear propagation of electromagnetic wave…………………………..7 1.3.1. Second order susceptibility. Second Harmonic generation (SHG)…..7 1.3.2. Third-order nonlinearities…...……………………………………...10 1.4. Nonlinear ionization………………………………………………………12 1.4.1. Photoionization..……………………………………….…………...12 1.4.2. Avalanche ionization……………………………………………….13 1.5.