Buch, Englisch, 180 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 306 g
Reihe: Springer Theses
Buch, Englisch, 180 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 306 g
Reihe: Springer Theses
ISBN: 978-3-030-53090-7
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Caustics are natural phenomena, forming light patterns in rainbows or through drinking glasses, and creating light networks at the bottom of swimming pools. Only in recent years have scientists started to artificially create simple caustics with laser light. However, these realizations have already contributed to progress in advanced imaging, lithography, and micro-manipulation.
In this book, Alessandro Zannotti pioneers caustics in many ways, establishing the field of artificial caustic optics. He employs caustic design to customize high-intensity laser light. This is of great relevance for laser-based machining, sensing, microscopy, and secure communication. The author also solves a long standing problem concerning the origin of rogue waves which appear naturally in the sea and can have disastrous consequences. By means of a far-reaching optical analogy, he identifies scattering of caustics in random media as the origin of rogue waves, and shows how nonlinear light-matter interaction increases their probability.
Zielgruppe
Research
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Technische Wissenschaften Maschinenbau | Werkstoffkunde Technische Mechanik | Werkstoffkunde Materialwissenschaft: Elektronik, Optik
- Naturwissenschaften Physik Quantenphysik Atom- und Molekülphysik
- Geowissenschaften Geologie Marine Geologie, Ozeanographie (Meereskunde)
- Naturwissenschaften Physik Elektromagnetismus Quantenoptik, Nichtlineare Optik, Laserphysik
- Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Technische Optik, Lasertechnologie
- Naturwissenschaften Physik Angewandte Physik Statistische Physik, Dynamische Systeme
Weitere Infos & Material
Introduction and Motivation.- Realization and Exploration of Structured Light and Photonic Structures.- Elementary Optical Catastrophes and Caustic-Based Photonic Structures.- Propagation-Invariant Caustics.- Caustic Networks and Rogue Waves.- Conclusion and Outlook.
