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    Nonlinear optical mechanism of forming periodical nanostructures in large bandgap dielectrics
    (Les Ulis : EDP Sciences, 2013) Grunwald, R.; Das, S.K.; Debroy, A.; McGlynn, E.; Messaoudi, H.
    Nonlinear excitation mechanisms of plasmons and their influence on femtosecond-laser induced sub-wavelength ripple generation on dielectric and semiconducting transparent materials are discussed. The agreement of theoretical and experimental data indicates the relevance of the model.
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    Spatiooral coherence mapping of few-cycle vortex pulses
    (London : Nature Publishing Group, 2014) Grunwald, R.; Elsaesser, T.; Bock, M.
    Light carrying an orbital angular momentum (OAM) displays an optical phase front rotating in space and time and a vanishing intensity, a so-called vortex, in the center. Beyond continuous-wave vortex beams, optical pulses with a finite OAM are important for many areas of science and technology, ranging from the selective manipulation and excitation of matter to telecommunications. Generation of vortex pulses with a duration of few optical cycles requires new methods for characterising their coherence properties in space and time. Here we report a novel approach for flexibly shaping and characterising few-cycle vortex pulses of tunable topological charge with two sequentially arranged spatial light modulators. The reconfigurable optical arrangement combines interferometry, wavefront sensing, time-of-flight and nonlinear correlation techniques in a very compact setup, providing complete spatiooral coherence maps at minimum pulse distortions. Sub-7â €...fs pulses carrying different optical angular momenta are generated in single and multichannel geometries and characterised in comparison to zero-order Laguerre-Gaussian beams. To the best of our knowledge, this represents the shortest pulse durations reported for direct vortex shaping and detection with spatial light modulators. This access to space-time coupling effects with sub-femtosecond time resolution opens new prospects for tailored twisted light transients of extremely short duration.
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    Mikrooptische Dünnschicht-Komponenten zur Effizienzverbesserung der Kollimation von Diodenlaser-Arrays (MDK)
    (Berlin : Max-Born-Institut für Nichtlineare Optik und Kurzzeitspektroskopie, 2002) Nerreter, S.; Seewald, G.; Fischer, A.; Neumann, U.; Tischer, M.; Grunwald, R.
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