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Investigation of nonlinear stimulated emission in optically excited dielectrics

Descripción del proyecto

Estudio de interacciones luz-materia en dieléctricas excitadas

La emisión estimulada no lineal de luz ultravioleta de un trozo de cristal excitado con un láser contradice el conocimiento convencional sobre la interacción luz-materia. El proyecto LADIE, financiado con fondos europeos, investigará exhaustivamente este nuevo fenómeno que se ha observado experimentalmente hace poco. El proyecto utilizará espectroscopia de femtosegundos, experimentos con bomba-sonda y técnicas de conversión de luz y conformación de pulsos, aplicándolos a una gran variedad de muestras hechas a medida. Los resultados experimentales se completarán mediante la modelización teórica avanzada del material excitado. Los resultados del proyecto podrían hacer avanzar las tecnologías láser y dar lugar a amplificadores láser no lineales de alta potencia.

Objetivo

The nonlinear stimulated emission of ultraviolet light in a piece of optically excited – and thus metalized – glass that usually absorbs light is counterintuitive to what has been known for many decades about light-material interaction. However, this is exactly what was recently experimentally observed for the first time. Although a preliminary explanation and model describing the effect of laser amplification in excited dielectrics (LADIE) exists, a manifold of questions about fundamental processes like the universality, the potential of nonlinear light amplification and how giant-band-gap-renormalization in dielectrics works remain unanswered. In this project, a thorough investigation of the novel phenomenon and the associated rare nonlinear stimulated emission will be initiated. On the one hand, this study is based on femtosecond spectroscopy, deploying pump-probe experiments, utilizing light-conversion and pulse-shaping techniques that will be applied to a large variety of custom-made samples. On the other hand, the experimental studies will be complemented by advanced theoretical modelling of the material excitation that will be extended towards incorporating a proper description of the new mechanisms. The investigation of the LADIE effect will most likely open up an entirely new scientific field with many new surprises in store and the potential for novel derived applications. Its perspective is a revolution in laser technology, building high power nonlinear laser amplifiers in a huge variety of band-gap materials, which has a clear interdisciplinary aspect to semiconductor and optoelectronic research (i.e. telecommunication hardware), biophysics (cell surgery, nonlinear microscopy) and nonlinear optics in general.

Ámbito científico (EuroSciVoc)

CORDIS clasifica los proyectos con EuroSciVoc, una taxonomía plurilingüe de ámbitos científicos, mediante un proceso semiautomático basado en técnicas de procesamiento del lenguaje natural.

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Coordinador

AARHUS UNIVERSITET
Aportación neta de la UEn
€ 207 312,00
Dirección
NORDRE RINGGADE 1
8000 Aarhus C
Dinamarca

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Región
Danmark Midtjylland Østjylland
Tipo de actividad
Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
Enlaces
Coste total
€ 207 312,00