Hydrodynamic Modeling of the Ultrafast Nonlinear Optical Response of Metallic Nanostructures

• Applicant: Professor Dr. Kurt Busch
• Subject Area: Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics
• Term: from 2009 to 2016
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 139246285

We propose the development and implementation of an advanced material model for the description of the ultrafast nonlinear optical response of metallic nanostructures. This model comprises a quantum hydrodynamic treatment of the conduction electrons in metals that will eventually be coupled to a particle-in-cell approach in order to realize a hybrid theoretical and computational framework. In cooperation with experimental partners, this framework will be applied to nonlinear wave mixing phenomena, ponderomotive nonlinearities, and nonlinear photoemission processes that may be controlled via tailored beams.

• DFG Programme: Priority Programmes
• Subproject of: SPP 1391: Ultrafast Nanooptics