Ebook: Self-Organization in Optical Systems and Applications in Information Technology

Contrary to monographs on non-linear optics this book concentrates on problems of self-organization in various important contexts. The reader learns how patterns in non-linear optical systems are created and what theoretical methods can be applied to describe them. Next, various aspects of pattern formation such as associative memory, information processing, spatio-temporal instability, photo refraction, and so on are treated.
The book addresses graduate students and researchers in physics and optical engineering.

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Contrary to monographs on non-linear optics this book concentrates on problems of self-organization in various important contexts. The reader learns how patterns in non-linear optical systems are created and what theoretical methods can be applied to describe them. Next, various aspects of pattern formation such as associative memory, information processing, spatio-temporal instability, photo refraction, and so on are treated.
The book addresses graduate students and researchers in physics and optical engineering.

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Contrary to monographs on non-linear optics this book concentrates on problems of self-organization in various important contexts. The reader learns how patterns in non-linear optical systems are created and what theoretical methods can be applied to describe them. Next, various aspects of pattern formation such as associative memory, information processing, spatio-temporal instability, photo refraction, and so on are treated.
The book addresses graduate students and researchers in physics and optical engineering.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XV
Introduction Self-Organization in Nonlinear Optics — Kaleidoscope of Patterns....Pages 1-26
Information Processing and Nonlinear Physics: From Video Pulses to Waves and Structures....Pages 27-44
Optical Design Kit of Nonlinear Spatial Dynamics....Pages 45-67
Pattern Formation in Passive Nonlinear Optical Systems....Pages 69-96
Spatio-Temporal Instability Threshold Characteristics in Two-Level Atom Devices....Pages 97-131
Transverse Traveling-Wave Patterns and Instabilities in Lasers....Pages 133-145
Laser-Based Optical Associative Memories....Pages 147-159
Pattern and Vortex Dynamics in Photorefractive Oscillators....Pages 161-216
From Hamiltonian Mechanics to Continuous Media. Dissipative Structures. Criteria of Self-Organization....Pages 217-244
Back Matter....Pages 245-247

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Contrary to monographs on non-linear optics this book concentrates on problems of self-organization in various important contexts. The reader learns how patterns in non-linear optical systems are created and what theoretical methods can be applied to describe them. Next, various aspects of pattern formation such as associative memory, information processing, spatio-temporal instability, photo refraction, and so on are treated.
The book addresses graduate students and researchers in physics and optical engineering.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XV
Introduction Self-Organization in Nonlinear Optics — Kaleidoscope of Patterns....Pages 1-26
Information Processing and Nonlinear Physics: From Video Pulses to Waves and Structures....Pages 27-44
Optical Design Kit of Nonlinear Spatial Dynamics....Pages 45-67
Pattern Formation in Passive Nonlinear Optical Systems....Pages 69-96
Spatio-Temporal Instability Threshold Characteristics in Two-Level Atom Devices....Pages 97-131
Transverse Traveling-Wave Patterns and Instabilities in Lasers....Pages 133-145
Laser-Based Optical Associative Memories....Pages 147-159
Pattern and Vortex Dynamics in Photorefractive Oscillators....Pages 161-216
From Hamiltonian Mechanics to Continuous Media. Dissipative Structures. Criteria of Self-Organization....Pages 217-244
Back Matter....Pages 245-247
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