Laboratory of nonlinear polarization optics

• Golubkov Andrey Aleksandrovich Ph.D.
• Grigor'ev Kirill Sergeevich junior resercher, Ph.D.
• Il'inova Tamara Mihaylovna Associate professor
• Makarov Vladimir Anatol'evich Head of chair, Doctor of science

• Kuznecov Nikita Yur'evich
• Ryzhikov Platon Sergeevich
• Shishkov Georgiy Mihaylovich

• Dyukov Vladislav Alekseevich

• The mechanisms of evolution of polarization during radiation propagation in nonlinear media with nonlocality of optical response.
• Nonlinear laser spectroscopy, ellipsometry.
• Formation of inhomogeneously polarized light beams and pulses
• Polarization singularities: formation, propagation and morphology
• Nonlinear optics of liquid crystals

• Transversal structure of a sum-frequency beam generated from the surface of a chiral medium
• Generation of reflected second-harmonic light beam with inhomogeneous transversal distribution of polarization from the surface of chiral medium by normally incident gaussian beam.
• All publications

The results obtained allow one to predict, to consider and to describe the effects of electromagnetic waves intensity and polarization changes in crystals, metamaterials, liquids and liquid crystals. These results are necessary for the problems of generation of light beams and pulses with desired distribution of intensity and polarization, and they are promising for the development and experimental realization of new spectroscopic methods of investigation of medium properties.

At the present time it is generally recognized that phenomena of polarization self-action and interaction of waves are subtle but widespread effects, and the use of the approximation of the unchanged polarization in theoretical analysis of wave propagation usually is not justified and can be considered only as the first step to the subsequent description of the nonlinear optical phenomena.

• Students working in our lab will attain thorough knowledge of fundamentals of optics of media with spatial dispersion and nonlinear wave optics. They become familiar with the latest achievements in the field of linear and nonlinear polarization optics all over the world. Scientific work in our laboratory gives very useful experience of elaborating the solutions (approximate or precise) of various complex mathematical problems resulted from the theoretical research within the scope of our laboratory. Additionally, students will have possibility to become familiar with standard mathematical software and to attain basic skills in computer simulations.