Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy
Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy

MBI Staff Member – Personal info

Dr. Anton Husakou

anton.gusakov(at)mbi-berlin.de
+49 30 6392 1278

T1: Attosecond Theory Group
Building A, 3.01

Position

Project Member 1.1 "Fundamentals of Extreme Photonics"

Project Member 1.2 "Ultrafast Laser Physics and Nonlinear Optics"

Research

1. Nonlinear optics in fibers and waveguides

This area of research includes ultrafast nonlinear processes such as supercontinuum generation, pulse guiding, generation of new frequencies, strong-field fiber optics including plasma generation, pulse compression etc. I develop and implement numerical methods and implement them for studies of various physical processes, ranging from discrete spatial diffraction through Kerr and Raman effects to photoionization.

Mechanism of line narrowing in continuous-wave-pumped fiber filled with Raman-active gas. Forward- and backward- propagating Stokes waves create a standing wave and a periodic lattice of population difference, which results in an array of deep subwavelength potential traps.

2. Linear and nonlinear nanooptics

Various nanometer-scaled systems are studied numerically, including metal-nanoparticle composites, photonic crystals, nanostructures, and rough surfaces. The considered optical processes include high harmonic generation, enhancement of nonlinearity, bistable optical behaviour, and focusing below the diffraction limit.

Bistable optical transmission in a planar nonlinear metal-dielectric array. A metal-like state B reflects incoming light; a dielectric-like state transmits light and has positive dielectric function due to nonlinearity.

3. Strong-field optics, high harmonic generation and material modification

Various phenomena occuring under the influence of photoionization are considered by the numerical methods are treated by home-made numerical algorithms developed to adress the corresponding problem. The investigated systems include high harmonic generation in gases, formation of overcritical plasma caused by light, nanoparticle-enhanced HHG and so on.

Dynamics of high-intensity, tightly focused light propagating through fused silica. The formation of overctirital plasma in the focal region introduces backreflection and strong perturbation to the field.

Curriculum vitae

11/2002 - present: Scientist, Max Born Institute

11/2002: PhD Thesis, FU Berlin, "Nonlinear phenomena of ultrabroadband radiation in photonic crystal fibers and hollow waveguides"

09/1999 - 11/2002: PhD student, Max Born Institute/FU Berlin, supervisor: Dr. J. Herrmann

Diploma work, "Linear and nonlinear properties of carbon nanotubes", Belarus State University, supervisor: G. Y. Sleyan

09/1994 - 07/1999: University diploma, physics, Belarus state university

MBI Publications

  1. Symmetry Breaking and Strong Persistent Plasma Currents via Resonant Destabilization of Atoms

    C. Brée, M. Hofmann, A. Demircan, U. Morgner, O. Kosareva, A. Savel’ev, A. Husakou, M. Ivanov, I. Babushkin

     Physical Review Letters 119 (2017) 243202/1-5
  2. Application of mid-infrared pulses for quasi-phase-matching of high-order harmonics in silver plasma

    R. A. Ganeev, A. Husakou, M. Suzuki, H. Kuroda

     Optics Express 24 (2016) 3414-3423
  3. Nonlinearity of surface-plasmon polaritons in sub-wavelength metal nanowires

    S.-J. Im, K.-S. Ho, Q.-Q. Wang, A. Husakou, J. Herrmann

     Optics Express 24 (2016) 6162-6171
  4. Raman gas self-organizing into deep nano-trap lattice

    M. Alharbi, A. Husakou, M. Chafer, B. Debord, F. Gerome, F. Benabid

     Nature Communications 7 (2016) 12779/1-9
  5. Boosting terahertz generation in laser-field ionized gases using a sawtooth wave shape

    González de Alaiza Martinez, P. , Babushkin, A., Bergé, L., Skupin, S., Cabrera-Granado, E., Köhler, C., Morgner, U., Husakou, A., Herrmann J.

     Physical Review Letters 114 (2015) 183901/1-5
  6. High harmonic generation assisted by metal nanostructures and nanoparticles

    A. Husakou, S.-J. Im, K.-H. Kim, J. Herrmann

     Progress in Nonlinear Nano-Optics Part VII Springer International Publishing (2015) 251-268
  7. Quasi-phase-matched high-harmonic generation by modulation of metal nanoparticle density in a noble gas

    A. Husakou, J. Herrmann, I. Kulagin, G. Boltaev, T. Usmanov

     Nonlinear Phenomena in Complex Systems 18 (2015) 105-116
  8. Control of THz radiation from gaseous plasmas produced by intense optical fields

    I. Babushkin, A. Husakou

     Nonlinear Phenomena in Complex Systems 18 (2015) 157-163
  9. Multi-meter fiber-delivery and pulse self-compression of milli-joule femtosecond laser and fiber-aided laser-micromachining

    B. Debord, M. Alharbi, L. Vincetti, A. Husakou, C. Fourcade-Dutin, C. Hoenninger, E. Mottay, F. Gérome, F. Benabid

     Optics Express 22 (2014) 10735-10746
  10. Quasi-phase-matched high-harmonic generation in composites of metal nanoparticles and a noble gas

    A. Husakou, J. Herrmann

     Physical Review A 90 (2014) 023831/1-9