Caustic Light In Nonlinear Photonic Media

Author : Alessandro Zannotti
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2020-09-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030530884

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Caustic Light in Nonlinear Photonic Media by Alessandro Zannotti Pdf

Caustics are natural phenomena, forming light patterns in rainbows or through drinking glasses, and creating light networks at the bottom of swimming pools. Only in recent years have scientists started to artificially create simple caustics with laser light. However, these realizations have already contributed to progress in advanced imaging, lithography, and micro-manipulation. In this book, Alessandro Zannotti pioneers caustics in many ways, establishing the field of artificial caustic optics. He employs caustic design to customize high-intensity laser light. This is of great relevance for laser-based machining, sensing, microscopy, and secure communication. The author also solves a long standing problem concerning the origin of rogue waves which appear naturally in the sea and can have disastrous consequences. By means of a far-reaching optical analogy, he identifies scattering of caustics in random media as the origin of rogue waves, and shows how nonlinear light-matter interaction increases their probability.

Author : Zhigang Chen,Roberto Morandotti
Publisher : Springer
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2012-06-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781461435389

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Nonlinear Photonics and Novel Optical Phenomena by Zhigang Chen,Roberto Morandotti Pdf

Nonlinear Photonics and Novel Optical Phenomena contains contributed chapters from leading experts in nonlinear optics and photonics, and provides a comprehensive survey of fundamental concepts as well as hot topics in current research on nonlinear optical waves and related novel phenomena. The book covers self-accelerating airy beams, integrated photonics based on high index doped-silica glass, linear and nonlinear spatial beam dynamics in photonic lattices and waveguide arrays, the theory of polariton solitons in semiconductor microcavities, and Terahertz waves.

Author : Arthur R. McGurn
Publisher : Morgan & Claypool Publishers
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2015-09-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781681741710

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Nonlinear Optics of Photonic Crystals and Meta-Materials by Arthur R. McGurn Pdf

Jet physics is an incredibly rich subject detailing the narrow cone of hadrons and other particles produced by the hadronization of a quark or gluon in a particle physics or heavy ion experiment. This book is a general overview of jet physics for scientists not directly involved in the field. It presents the basic experimental and theoretical problems arising when dealing with jets, and describing the solutions proposed in recent years.

Author : Jacob B. Khurgin,Rodney S. Tucker
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2008-12-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 1420061518

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Slow Light by Jacob B. Khurgin,Rodney S. Tucker Pdf

One of the Top Selling Physics Books according to YBP Library Services The exotic effects of slow light have been widely observed in the laboratory. However, current literature fails to explore the wider field of slow light in photonic structures and optical fibers. Reflecting recent research, Slow Light: Science and Applications presents a comprehensive introduction to slow light and its potential applications, including storage, switching, DOD applications, and nonlinear optics. The book covers fundamentals of slow light in various media, including atomic media, semiconductors, fibers, and photonic structures. Leading authorities in such diverse fields as atomic vapor spectroscopy, fiber amplifiers, and integrated optics provide an interdisciplinary perspective. They uncover potential applications in both linear and nonlinear optics. While it is impossible to account for all the captivating developments that have occurred in the last few years, this book provides an exceptional survey of the current state of the slow light field.

Author : Valerii S. Butylkin
Publisher : Springer
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1989-06-22
Category : Science
ISBN : UCAL:B4533037

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Resonant Nonlinear Interactions of Light with Matter by Valerii S. Butylkin Pdf

This text uses a unified approach based on the concept of a generalized two-level system to discuss most of the effects related to resonant nonlinear optics: single- and multiphonon absorption, Raman scattering, parametric interactions self-action of light in resonant media, etc. The techniques developed here are applied to a study of polarization effects and the influence of phase locking and parametric self-induced transparency on the efficiency of frequency conversion and other resonant wave processes. A unified analytic theory of the dynamics of two-level systems under the action of quasi-resonant fields with arbitrary modulated frequency and amplitude is given. Various self-action effects based on a resonant nonlinear refractive index are discussed. They include self-focussing, self-bending (or self-deflection), the recently discovered effect of the switching of light reflection at nonlinear interfaces and optical bistability based on mututal self-focussing of counterpropagating laser beams.

Author : Robert R. Alfano
Publisher : Springer
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2022-12-12
Category : Science
ISBN : 3031061969

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The Supercontinuum Laser Source by Robert R. Alfano Pdf

This book, now in its fourth edition, is a well-known classic on the ultrafast nonlinear and linear processes responsible for supercontinuum generation. The book begins with chapters reviewing the experimental and theoretical understanding of the field along with key applications developed since the discovery of the supercontinuum effect. The chapters that follow cover recent research activity on supercontinuum phenomena, novel applications, and advances achieved since the publication of the previous edition. The new chapters focus on: filamentation in gases, air, and condensed media; conical emission by four-wave mixing and X-waves; electronic self-phase mechanism; higher harmonics generation; attosecond laser pulses; complex vector beam supercontinuum; higher order self-phase modulation and cross-phase modulation; nonlinear supercontinuum interference in uniaxial crystals; new nonlinear microscopes involving supercontinuum and ultrafast lasers with biomedical applications; and other current supercontinuum applications in communications. The Supercontinuum Laser Source is a definitive work by one of the discoverers of the white light effect. It is indispensable reading for any researcher or student working in the field of ultrafast laser physics. Chapter 6 is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.

Author : Philippe Grelu
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2016-03-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Nonlinear Optical Cavity Dynamics by Philippe Grelu Pdf

By recirculating light in a nonlinear propagation medium, the nonlinear optical cavity allows for countless options of light transformation and manipulation. In passive media, optical bistability and frequency conversion are central figures. In active media, laser light can be generated with versatile underlying dynamics. Emphasizing on ultrafast dynamics, the vital arena for the information technology, the soliton is a common conceptual keyword, thriving into its modern developments with the closely related denominations of dissipative solitons and cavity solitons. Recent technological breakthroughs in optical cavities, from micro-resonators to ultra-long fiber cavities, have entitled the exploration of nonlinear optical dynamics over unprecedented spatial and temporal orders of magnitude. By gathering key contributions by renowned experts, this book aims at bridging the gap between recent research topics with a view to foster cross-fertilization between research areas and stimulating creative optical engineering design.

Author : Robert W. Boyd
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Science
ISBN : UOM:49015002478973

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Nonlinear Optics by Robert W. Boyd Pdf

Nonlinear Optics is an advanced textbook for courses dealing with nonlinear optics, quantum electronics, laser physics, contemporary and quantum optics, and electrooptics. Its pedagogical emphasis is on fundamentals rather than particular, transitory applications. As a result, this textbook will have lasting appeal to a wide audience of electrical engineering, physics, and optics students, as well as those in related fields such as materials science and chemistry. Key Features * The origin of optical nonlinearities, including dependence on the polarization of light * A detailed treatment of the quantum theory of the nonlinear susceptibility * An explication of dressed-atomic states of two-level atoms * A complete development of spontaneous and stimulated light scattering * A clear discussion of the photorefractive effect * An introduction to applications including laser frequency modification, optical phase conjugation, optical bistability, and propagation of optical soliton

Author : Hyatt M. Gibbs,Galina Khitrova,Nasser Peyghambarian
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783642754388

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Nonlinear Photonics by Hyatt M. Gibbs,Galina Khitrova,Nasser Peyghambarian Pdf

Nonlinear photonics is the name given to the use of nonlinear optical devices for the generation, communication, processing, or analysis of information. This book is a progress report on research into practical applications of such devices. At present, modulation, switching, routing, decision-making, and detection in photonic systems are all done with electronics and linear optoelectronic devices. However, this may soon change, as nonlinear optical devices, e.g. picosecond samplers and switches, begin to complement optoelectonic devices. The authors succinctly summarize past accomplishments in this field and point to hopes for the future, making this an ideal book for newcomers or seasoned researchers wanting to design and perfect nonlinear optical devices and to identify applications in photonic systems.

Author : David D. Nolte
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2018-07-12
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780192528506

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Galileo Unbound by David D. Nolte Pdf

Galileo Unbound traces the journey that brought us from Galileo's law of free fall to today's geneticists measuring evolutionary drift, entangled quantum particles moving among many worlds, and our lives as trajectories traversing a health space with thousands of dimensions. Remarkably, common themes persist that predict the evolution of species as readily as the orbits of planets or the collapse of stars into black holes. This book tells the history of spaces of expanding dimension and increasing abstraction and how they continue today to give new insight into the physics of complex systems. Galileo published the first modern law of motion, the Law of Fall, that was ideal and simple, laying the foundation upon which Newton built the first theory of dynamics. Early in the twentieth century, geometry became the cause of motion rather than the result when Einstein envisioned the fabric of space-time warped by mass and energy, forcing light rays to bend past the Sun. Possibly more radical was Feynman's dilemma of quantum particles taking all paths at once — setting the stage for the modern fields of quantum field theory and quantum computing. Yet as concepts of motion have evolved, one thing has remained constant, the need to track ever more complex changes and to capture their essence, to find patterns in the chaos as we try to predict and control our world.

Author : V. V. Kotlyar,A.A. Kovalev
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2019-05-21
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781000537109

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Accelerating and Vortex Laser Beams by V. V. Kotlyar,A.A. Kovalev Pdf

This book gives insight into the theoretical backgrounds of optical vortices and their propagation in free space and simple optical systems. The author’s theoretical analysis allows full comprehension of recent results and allows a bridge between the mentioned topics. For example, there is a solution for an accelerating beam propagating along an almost half-circle, obtained from a solution for an asymmetric vortex Bessel mode. And vice versa, there is a solution for an optical vortex with accelerating focusing, obtained from a solution for a two-dimensional accelerating Pearcey beam. The book is intended for graduate and postgraduate students studying optics or wave physics.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 740 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Imaging systems
ISBN : UCSD:31822006822365

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Journal of the Optical Society of America by Anonim Pdf

Author : John Heebner,Rohit Grover,Tarek A. Ibrahim
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780387730677

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Optical Microresonators by John Heebner,Rohit Grover,Tarek A. Ibrahim Pdf

Optical Micro-Resonators are an exciting new field of research that has gained prominence in the past few years due to the emergence of new fabrication technologies. This book is the first detailed text on the theory, fabrication, and applications of optical micro-resonators, and will be found useful by both graduate students and researchers in the field.

Author : Stefano Trillo
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2001-09-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 3540416536

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Spatial Solitons by Stefano Trillo Pdf

Soliton-based concepts open the road for newly designed laser sources, new frequency converters and high-intensity laser-material interactions. Optical solitons as stable spatial patterns of complex nonlinear systems allow for the control of the diffraction of optical beams. Solitons also prevent unwanted chaotic behavior. Thus, solitary wave physics plays a significant role from modern optical physics to optical communication, optical switching, and optical storage. The book gives an updated overview of optical solitons and can serve as a reference and guide for advanced students and scientists working in the field and related areas of science where solitons are observed.

Author : D. D. Nolte
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Artificial intelligence
ISBN : 9780743205016

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Mind at Light Speed by D. D. Nolte Pdf

George Gilder's groundbreaking "Telecosm" announced the reality of the bandwidth revolution. Now David Nolte explains the technology behind the revolution and reveals the future of artificial intelligence.