Project Details
Projekt
FOR 532: Spatial-temporal Nonlinear Dynamics in Dissipative and Discrete Optical Systems
Subject Area
Physics
Term
from 2004 to 2009
Project identifier
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 5470751
The understanding of spatial-temporal dynamics in nonlinear systems is a fundamental concern in modern natural science. Self-organisation and the development of localised structures are of particular interest. In optical systems these effects can be studied in detail.
The nonlinear evolution of the optical field in space and time is determined by the environment, the structure and the optical properties of the interacting material. Light may also modify its environment by interacting with the material and consequently influence its propagation conditions.
Within the project, self-organisation and localisation phenomena will be analysed. Based on this analysis, light will be controlled from its generation to its practical application. The basic concept will utilise effects induced by light in matter in order to control the spatial temporal dynamics. Self organisation in complex optical systems will be controlled by varying the incident light field in time and intensity as well as generating instantaneous and non-instantaneous inhomogeneities in the material.
The nonlinear evolution of the optical field in space and time is determined by the environment, the structure and the optical properties of the interacting material. Light may also modify its environment by interacting with the material and consequently influence its propagation conditions.
Within the project, self-organisation and localisation phenomena will be analysed. Based on this analysis, light will be controlled from its generation to its practical application. The basic concept will utilise effects induced by light in matter in order to control the spatial temporal dynamics. Self organisation in complex optical systems will be controlled by varying the incident light field in time and intensity as well as generating instantaneous and non-instantaneous inhomogeneities in the material.
DFG Programme
Research Units
Projects
- Central project (Applicant Tünnermann, Andreas )
- Dimensionseffekte in diskreten Systemen (Applicant Tünnermann, Andreas )
- Dimensionseffekte in diskreten Systemen (Applicant Bartelt, Hartmut )
- Discrete spatio-temporal dynamics in nonlinear microstructured resonators (Applicant Kley, Ernst-Bernhard )
- Discrete spatio-temporal dynamics in waveguide arrays with cubic nonlinearity (Applicants Bartelt, Hartmut ; Nolte, Stefan )
- Discrete spatio-temporal dynamics in waveguide arrays with quadratic nonlinearity (Applicants Kowarschik, Richard ; Pertsch, Thomas )
- Discreteness, nonlinearity and dissipation in the temporal domain (Applicant Peschel, Ulf )
- Dissipative temporal structures in mode-locked fibre lasers (Applicant Limpert, Jens )
- Generation of Femtosecond Vortex Beams, Self-channeling, and Filamentation in Gaseous Media (Applicant Paulus, Gerhard G. )
- Nichtlineare raumzeitliche Dynamik in dissipativen und diskreten optischen Systemen (Applicant Tünnermann, Andreas )
- Quantendynamik in dissipativen und diskreten Systemen (Applicant Leuchs, Gerd )
- Raumzeitliche Lokalisierung hochintensiver Lichtpulse (Applicant Hein, Joachim )
- Raumzeitliche Lokalisierung in diskreten und dissipativen Systemen (Applicant Lederer, Falk )
- Räumlich lokalisierte Strukturen und Inhomogenitäten (Applicant Kowarschik, Richard )
- Spatio-temporal localization in dissipative and discrete systems (Applicant Lederer, Falk )
- Strukturbildung und Lokalisierung in nichtinstantanen Medien (Applicant Richter, Wolfgang )
Spokesperson
Professor Dr. Andreas Tünnermann
Deputy
Professor Dr. Falk Lederer
