Nonlinear Optical Properties of Materials

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Introduction. References. Chapter 1 Low-order harmonic generation of laser radiation in various media. 1.1. Nonlinear crystals. 1.2. Fullerene-doped polyimide films, Fe- and Z-doped polyvinylpyrrolidone, colloidal metals solutions and organic dyes. 1.3. Plasma and ionic media. 1.4. Gases. 1.5. Low-order harmonic generation during interaction of laser radiation with surfaces. References. Chapter 2 High-order harmonic generation from laser ablation of various surfaces. 2.1. Current status of plasma harmonic studies. 2.2. Recent developments in plasma HHG. 2.3. Stable generation of high-order harmonics of femtosecond laser radiation from laser produced plasma plumes at 1 kHz pulse repetition rate. 2.4. High-order harmonic generation in graphite plasma plumes using ultrashort laser pulses: a systematic analysis of harmonic radiation and plasma conditions. 2.5. Harmonic generation in fullerenes using few- and multi-cycle pulses of different wavelengths. 2.6. Isolated sub-femtosecond XUV pulse generation in Mn plasma ablation. References. Chapter 3 Nonlinear optical refraction and absorption of media. 3.1. Basic relations and experimental methods and schemes for analysis of nonlinear optical parameters of media by the z-scan method. 3.2. Crystals. 3.3. Fullerenes. 3.4. Dyes. 3.5. Metals. 3.6. Plasma. 3.7. Liquids. 3.8. Measurements of the nonlinear optical parameters of transparent and nontransparent materials using single-shot techniques. 3.9. Optical limiting in various media. References. Chapter 4 Laser ablation induced cluster formation. 4.1. Methods of laser-induced nanoparticle formation. 4.2. Characterization of the nanoparticles synthesized during laser ablation of indium and GaAs in various liquids. 4.3. Synthesis and analysis of nanostructured thin films prepared by laser ablation of metals in vacuum. 4.4. Characterization of nanoparticles during laser ablation of nanoparticle-containing targets. 4.5.Nanoparticle formation during laser ablation of metals at different pressures of surrounding noble gases. References. Chapter 5 Low-order nonlinear optical characterization of clusters. 5.1. Nonlinear optical properties of indium and gallium arsenide nanoparticles prepared by laser ablation in liquids. 5.2. Low-order optical nonlinearities of silver clusters. 5.3. Influence of laser ablation parameters on the optical and nonlinear optical characteristics of colloidal solutions of semiconductor nanoparticles. 5.4. Studies of low-order nonlinear optical properties of BaTiO3 and SrTiO3 nanoparticles. References. Chapter 6 Application of nanoparticle-contained plasmas for high-order harmonic generation. 6.1. Experimental arrangements for cluster-contained plasma formation and high-order harmonic generation. 6.2. High-order harmonic generation in the plasmas. containing in-situ produced nanoparticles and fullerenes. 6.3. Application of silver nanoparticle-containing laser plasmas for HHG. References.