LEADER 02690nam 2200457 450 001 996418438603316 005 20210225101741.0 010 $a3-030-53088-4 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-030-53088-4 035 $a(CKB)4100000011476541 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6357804 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-030-53088-4 035 $a(PPN)250221470 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011476541 100 $a20210225d2020 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn|008mamaa 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aCaustic light in nonlinear photonic media /$fAlessandro Zannotti 205 $a1st ed. 2020. 210 1$aCham, Switzerland :$cSpringer,$d[2020] 210 4$dİ2020 215 $a1 online resource (XIII, 180 p. 70 illus., 59 illus. in color.) 225 1 $aSpringer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,$x2190-5053 311 $a3-030-53087-6 327 $aIntroduction and Motivation -- Realization and Exploration of Structured Light and Photonic Structures -- Elementary Optical Catastrophes and Caustic-Based Photonic Structures -- Propagation-Invariant Caustics -- Caustic Networks and Rogue Waves -- Conclusion and Outlook. 330 $aCaustics are natural phenomena, forming light patterns in rainbows or through drinking glasses, and creating light networks at the bottom of swimming pools. Only in recent years have scientists started to artificially create simple caustics with laser light. However, these realizations have already contributed to progress in advanced imaging, lithography, and micro-manipulation. In this book, Alessandro Zannotti pioneers caustics in many ways, establishing the field of artificial caustic optics. He employs caustic design to customize high-intensity laser light. This is of great relevance for laser-based machining, sensing, microscopy, and secure communication. The author also solves a long standing problem concerning the origin of rogue waves which appear naturally in the sea and can have disastrous consequences. By means of a far-reaching optical analogy, he identifies scattering of caustics in random media as the origin of rogue waves, and shows how nonlinear light-matter interaction increases their probability. 410 0$aSpringer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,$x2190-5053 606 $aCaustics (Optics) 615 0$aCaustics (Optics) 676 $a535.32 700 $aZannotti$b Alessandro$0841958 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996418438603316 996 $aCaustic Light in Nonlinear Photonic Media$91879288 997 $aUNISA