Collapse of Optical Vortices and Sequential Filamentation

dc.contributor.author	Vuong, Luat
dc.date.accessioned	2008-09-23T13:03:17Z
dc.date.available	2008-09-23T13:03:17Z
dc.date.issued	2008-09-23T13:03:17Z
dc.description.abstract	This thesis presents investigations of nonlinear light propagation dynamics in isotropic self-focusing materials. The first half of this thesis is devoted to studying the transverse spatial dynamics of optical vortices, donut-shaped beams with helical phase fronts. The second half of this thesis describes the spatiotemporal dynamics of sequential plasma filaments that are formed by high-peak power laser pulses. The objective of these studies is to identify novel behavior, to predict nonlinear trends, and to achieve a new understanding of the physical processes that govern the dynamics of high-power beams and pulses.	en_US
dc.identifier.other	bibid: 6563847
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/1813/11397
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.subject	self-focusing nonlinear dynamics	en_US
dc.subject	filamentation	en_US
dc.subject	optical phase vortices	en_US
dc.subject	angular momentum of light	en_US
dc.title	Collapse of Optical Vortices and Sequential Filamentation	en_US
dc.type	dissertation or thesis	en_US

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