Introduction to nonlinear optical phenomena and their applications in ultrafast optics.

Here is a list of interesting reads about nonlinear optics and ultrafast physics, which I and others reviewed in the passing semester:

  • C Manzoni and G Cerullo. Design criteria for ultrafast optical parametric amplifiers. 2016 J. Opt. 18 103501. https://10.1088/2040-8978/18/10/103501
  • Classic article on supercontinuum generation: Dudley, J. M. et al. Supercontinuum generation in photonic crystal fiber. Rev. Mod. Phys. 78, 1135 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1103/RevModPhys.78.1135
  • The pulse sometimes splits: P. Chernev and V. Petrov, Self-focusing of light pulses in the presence of normal group-velocity dispersion, Opt. Lett. 17, 172-174 (1992) https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.17.000172
  • DeMartini, F., Townes, C. H., Gustafson, T. K., & Kelley, P. L. (1967). Self-Steepening of Light Pulses. Physical Review, 164(2), 312. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.164.312
  • Zozulya, Alex A. et al. Propagation Dynamics of Intense Femtosecond Pulses - Multiple Splittings, Coalescence, and Continuum Generation. PRL, Volume 82, Issue 7, February 15, 1999. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.82.1430
  • Smith CR, Engelsholm RD, Bang O. Pulse-to-pulse relative intensity noise measurements for ultrafast lasers. Opt Express. 2022 Feb 28;30(5):8136-8150. https://doi:10.1364/OE.450819. PMID: 35299561.
  • Yuen HP, Chan VW. Noise in homodyne and heterodyne detection. Opt Lett. 1983 Mar 1;8(3):177-9. https://doi:10.1364/ol.8.000177. PMID: 19714176.
  • Inoue K, Mukai T. Signal wavelength dependence of gain saturation in a fiber optical parametric amplifier. Opt Lett. 2001 Jan 1;26(1):10-2. https://doi:10.1364/ol.26.000010. PMID: 18033490.
  • Kyo Inoue and Takaaki Mukai, Experimental Study on Noise Characteristics of a Gain-Saturated Fiber Optical Parametric Amplifier. J. Lightwave Technol. 20, 969- (2002)
  • Twisting a moire bilayerwith laser: Duncan, C.J.R., Johnson, A.C., Maity, I. et al. Photoinduced twist and untwist of moiré superlattices. Nature 647, 619–624 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09707-3