The use of Gaussian wave packets in the study of the propagation of optical beams through stratified dielectrics and non-linear atomic media.

• Grant number: 11/08409-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• Start date: September 01, 2011
• End date: August 31, 2014
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Mathematics - Applied Mathematics
• Principal Investigator: Stefano de Leo
• Grantee: Silvania Alves de Carvalho
• Host Institution: Instituto de Matemática, Estatística e Computação Científica (IMECC). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The main objective of our reserch project is the use of gaussian wave packets to study the laser beam propagation thorugh stratified dielectrics and non-linear atomic media. Most of the papers which appear in litterature use the plane wave formalsim. The introduction of the wave packet formalism allows a more appropriate desccription of physical systems setup which can be reproduced in optical experiments. In the limit in which the beaam dimension is much larger than the experimental aparatus, we have to reproduce the results obtained in the plane wave description.

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

CARVALHO, SILVANIA A.; DE LEO, STEFANO. Light transmission through a triangular air gap. JOURNAL OF MODERN OPTICS, v. 60, n. 6, p. 437-443, MAR 1 2013. (11/08409-0)

CARVALHO, SILVANIA A.; DE LEO, STEFANO. Resonance, multiple diffusion and critical tunneling for Gaussian lasers. EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL D, v. 67, n. 8, AUG 2013. (11/08409-0)