Project Details
Projekt
GRK 786: Mixed Fields and Nonlinear Interactions (GKMF)
Subject Area
Electrical Engineering and Information Technology
Term
from 2002 to 2005
Project identifier
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 273451
The interdisciplinary work of the research training group aims at a thorough understanding of the analytical, numerical and experimental techniques for describing mixed fields and nonlinear interactions. The term "mixed fields" characterizes processes, where different physical mechanisms influence each other, e.g., acoustical and electromagnetic waves. Such interactions are in itself nonlinear, so the term "nonlinear interactions" explicates and extends the idea of mixed fields to general nonlinear phenomena, for example when obeserving wave propagation in nonlinear optical media. The following topics are covered: Nonlinear effects in resonant optical structures - Acousto-optical and nonlinear properties of photonic crystals - Interaction of short laser impulses with photo-acoustic waves - Therapeutical ultrasound - Interaction between electric fields and the myocardium - Temperature fields for material processing with microwaves - Plasma ignition for combustion engines - Micro-electromechanical systems - Simulation of electrodynamics of liquid crystals. These heterogeneous, at first sight very much different phenomena share underlying common principles because of similar mathematical models, the knowledge of which is expected to lead Physisists and Engineers to especially efficient solutions.
DFG Programme
Research Training Groups
Applicant Institution
Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)
Campus Süd (aufgelöst)
Campus Süd (aufgelöst)
Spokesperson
Professor Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Freude
Participating Researchers
Professor Dr. Ralph von Baltz; Professor Dr. Kurt Busch; Professor Dr. Olaf Dössel; Professor Dr.-Ing. Franz Xaver Kärtner; Professor Dr.-Ing. Klaus D. Müller-Glaser; Dr.-Ing. Carlo Sansour; Professor Dr. Manfred Thumm; Professor Dr.-Ing. Werner Wagner; Professor Dr.-Ing. Werner Wiesbeck; Professor Dr. Peter Wölfle
