Microscopic model of transient Kerr birefringence and self-focusing in bulk dielectrics: dynamic Franz-Keldysh bandgap renormalization

Sergey I. Kudryashov

doi:10.1117/12.638606

7 February 2006 Microscopic model of transient Kerr birefringence and self-focusing in bulk dielectrics: dynamic Franz-Keldysh bandgap renormalization

Sergey I. Kudryashov

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Proceedings Volume 5991, Laser-Induced Damage in Optical Materials: 2005; 599110 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.638606
Event: Boulder Damage Symposium XXXVII: Annual Symposium on Optical Materials for High Power Lasers, 2005, Boulder, CO, United States

Abstract

Coherent band spectrum renormalization in dielectrics by a strong anisotropic electric field of intense laser pulses is considered in terms of dynamic Franz-Keldysh effect (DFKE). Comparing to permanent DFKE shifts of center-zone (Γ-point) non-degenerate band extrema, DFKE band spectrum renormalization of degenerate center-zone and zone-edge band extrema occurs as their simultaneous shifts and splitting. Theory-group analysis is invoked to construct the DFKE Hamiltonian for typical dispersion curves of valence and conduction bands in dielectric materials.

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Sergey I. Kudryashov "Microscopic model of transient Kerr birefringence and self-focusing in bulk dielectrics: dynamic Franz-Keldysh bandgap renormalization", Proc. SPIE 5991, Laser-Induced Damage in Optical Materials: 2005, 599110 (7 February 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.638606

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