Femtosecond pulses in nanophotonics

A.A. Ivanov^a, M.V. Alfimov^a, A.M. Zheltikov^b
^aPhotochemistry Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novatorov str. 7a, Moscow, 117421, Russian Federation
^bInternational Laser Center of M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Vorobevy gory, Moscow, 119992, Russian Federation

We give an overview of the physical fundamentals of femtosecond nanophotonics — the basic physical phenomena behind the interaction of ultrashort laser pulses with nanoscale objects, nanocomposite materials, supramolecular structures, and molecular aggregates. Femtosecond laser pulses pave a way to achieving high intensities of electromagnetic radiation without irreversible damage to materials, making it possible to observe unique regimes of interaction of the light field with nanostructures and molecular aggregates. Dielectric and electron confinement, as well as resonances due to quantum size effects and collective phenomena in supramolecular and aggregate structures, radically enhance nonlinear-optical interactions of ultrashort pulses. These phenomena offer interesting solutions for a high-sensitivity nonlinear-optical metrology of nanostructured materials, including the analysis of their composition, structure, and morphology, suggesting new attractive strategies for the control, switching, and transformation of ultrashort pulses.

PACS: 42.55.−f, 42.62.−b, 42.65.Ky, 42.65.Re (all)
DOI: 10.1070/PU2004v047n07ABEH001811
URL: https://ufn.ru/en/articles/2004/7/c/
Web of Science

000225027900003
ADS NASA

2004PhyU...47..687I
Citation: Ivanov A A, Alfimov M V, Zheltikov A M "Femtosecond pulses in nanophotonics" Phys. Usp. 47 687–704 (2004)

BibTexBibNote ® (generic)BibNote ® (RIS)MedlineRefWorks

Оригинал: Иванов А А, Алфимов М В, Желтиков А М «Фемтосекундные импульсы в нанофотонике» УФН 174 743–763 (2004); DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.0174.200407c.0743

References (214) Cited by (48) Similar articles (20) ↓

A.M. Zheltikov “Nonlinear optics of microstructure fibers” Phys. Usp. 47 69–98 (2004)
A.M. Zheltikov “Let there be white light: supercontinuum generation by ultrashort laser pulses” Phys. Usp. 49 605–628 (2006)
A.M. Zheltikov “Isolated waveguide modes of high-intensity light fields” Phys. Usp. 47 1205–1220 (2004)
A.M. Zheltikov “The Raman effect in femto- and attosecond physics” Phys. Usp. 54 29–51 (2011)
L.V. Doronina-Amitonova, I.V. Fedotov et al “Neurophotonics: optical methods to study and control the brain” Phys. Usp. 58 345–364 (2015)
A.M. Zheltikov, N.I. Koroteev “Coherent four-wave mixing in excited and ionized gas media: four-photon spectrochronography, ellipsometry, and nonlinear-optical imaging of atoms and ions” Phys. Usp. 42 321–351 (1999)
A.M. Zheltikov “Ultrashort light pulses in hollow waveguides” Phys. Usp. 45 687–718 (2002)
P.G. Kryukov “Continuous-wave femtosecond lasers” Phys. Usp. 56 849–867 (2013)
V.V. Egorov, M.V. Alfimov “Theory of the J-band: from the Frenkel exciton to charge transfer” Phys. Usp. 50 985–1029 (2007)
A.M. Zheltikov “Holey fibers” Phys. Usp. 43 1125–1136 (2000)
M.Yu. Ryabikin, M.Yu. Emelin, V.V. Strelkov “Attosecond electromagnetic pulses: generation, measurement, and application. Attosecond metrology and spectroscopy” Phys. Usp. 66 360–380 (2023)
S.A. Akhmanov, A.P. Sukhorukov, R.V. Khokhlov “Self-focusing and diffraction of light in a Nonlinear medium” Sov. Phys. Usp. 10 609–636 (1968)
M.V. Kharlamova “Electronic properties of pristine and modified single-walled carbon nanotubes” Phys. Usp. 56 1047–1073 (2013)
S.V. Chekalin, V.P. Kandidov “From self-focusing light beams to femtosecond laser pulse filamentation” Phys. Usp. 56 123–140 (2013)
V.V. Strelkov, V.T. Platonenko et al “Attosecond electromagnetic pulses: generation, measurement, and application. Generation of high-order harmonics of intense laser field for attosecond pulse production” Phys. Usp. 59 425–445 (2016)
S.A. Akhmanov, V.E. Gusev “Laser excitation of ultrashort acoustic pulses: New possibilities in solid-state spectroscopy, diagnostics of fast processes, and nonlinear acoustics” Sov. Phys. Usp. 35 (3) 153–191 (1992)
L.A. Golovan, V.Yu. Timoshenko, P.K. Kashkarov “Optical properties of porous-system-based nanocomposites” Phys. Usp. 50 595–612 (2007)
G.N. Makarov “The spectroscopy of clusters by intense pulses of VUV radiation from free electron lasers” Phys. Usp. 52 461–486 (2009)
S.A. Akhmanov, V.A. Vysloukh, A.S. Chirkin “Self-action of wave packets in a nonlinear medium and femtosecond laser pulse generation” Sov. Phys. Usp. 29 642–647 (1986)
B.Ya. Zel’dovich, T.I. Kuznetsova “Generation of ultrashort light pulses by means of lasers” Sov. Phys. Usp. 15 25–44 (1972)

The list is formed automatically.