U.S.-Germany Cooperative Research in Nonlinear Optics

该奖项支持克拉克森大学的David J. Kaup教授与德国柏林科学院中央光学研究所的Heinz Steudel博士在非线性光学研究方面的合作。他们的共同研究目标是开发非线性光学中可积系统的新解决方案和应用，包括受激拉曼散射、双光子传播、超荧光、三波相互作用和谐波产生等现象。这种对Kaup博士访问柏林和其他形式交流的适度支持将进一步推动他们的合作，这种合作最近非常富有成效。利用目前的技术，有可能产生宽度相当于或小于典型弛豫时间的相干脉冲。在这些情况下，可以出现全新的连贯现象，为新技术的应用提供可能性。虽然在开发相关的数学技术和解决方案方面付出了相当大的努力，但解释实验结果的工作却很少。在这个项目中合作的美国和德国科学家多年来一直致力于发展对这种连贯现象的数学描述。他们现在建议从现有的理论基础上发展实际应用。

This award supports Professor David J. Kaup of Clarkson University to collaborate in nonlinear optics research with Dr. Heinz Steudel of the Central Institute of Optics of the Academy of Science of Berlin, Germany. The objectives of their joint research are to develop new solutions and applications of integrable systems to nonlinear optics, including such phenomena as Stimulated Raman Scattering, Two- Photon Propagation, Superfluorescence, Three-Wave Interactions and Harmonic Generation. This modest support for Dr. Kaup's visits to Berlin and other forms of communication will add impetus to their collaboration which has been extremely productive recently. With current technology, it is possible to generate coherent pulses whose widths are on the order of, or less than, typical relaxation times. In these cases, entirely new coherent phenomena can occur which offer the possibility of new technological applications. While considerable effort has been devoted to the development of relevant mathematical techniques and solutions, very little work has been done to explain the experimental results. The collaborating U.S. and German scientists in this project have been involved for many years in the development of the mathematical descriptions of such coherent phenomena. They now propose to develop practical applications from the existing theoretical base.