Silica aerogels are materials well suited for high power nonlinear optical applications. In such regime, the non-trivial thermal properties may give rise to the generation of optical shock waves, which are also affected by the structural disorder due to the porous solid-state gel. Here we report on an experimental investigation in terms of beam waist and input power, and identify various regimes of the generation of wave-breaking phenomena in silica aerogels.
%0 Journal Article
%1 Gentilini:14
%A Gentilini, S.
%A Ghajeri, F.
%A Ghofraniha, N.
%A Falco, A. Di
%A Conti, C.
%D 2014
%J Opt. Express
%K Nonlinear Optical condensed materials; matter myown nonlinearities of optical optics, optics;
%N 2
%P 1667--1672
%T Optical shock waves in silica aerogel
%U http://www.opticsexpress.org/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-22-2-1667
%V 22
%X Silica aerogels are materials well suited for high power nonlinear optical applications. In such regime, the non-trivial thermal properties may give rise to the generation of optical shock waves, which are also affected by the structural disorder due to the porous solid-state gel. Here we report on an experimental investigation in terms of beam waist and input power, and identify various regimes of the generation of wave-breaking phenomena in silica aerogels.
@article{Gentilini:14,
abstract = {Silica aerogels are materials well suited for high power nonlinear optical applications. In such regime, the non-trivial thermal properties may give rise to the generation of optical shock waves, which are also affected by the structural disorder due to the porous solid-state gel. Here we report on an experimental investigation in terms of beam waist and input power, and identify various regimes of the generation of wave-breaking phenomena in silica aerogels.},
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author = {Gentilini, S. and Ghajeri, F. and Ghofraniha, N. and Falco, A. Di and Conti, C.},
biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/286537091543d66b9ee7e13a6a08dce1b/nonlinearxwaves},
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journal = {Opt. Express},
keywords = {Nonlinear Optical condensed materials; matter myown nonlinearities of optical optics, optics;},
month = Jan,
number = 2,
pages = {1667--1672},
timestamp = {2016-08-09T20:31:29.000+0200},
title = {Optical shock waves in silica aerogel},
url = {http://www.opticsexpress.org/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-22-2-1667},
volume = 22,
year = 2014
}