Ebook: Nonlinear Photonic Crystals

Nonlinear optical studies of periodic dielectric structures have blossomed in the past two decades. New fabrication techniques are producing fiber grating and multidimensional photonic crystals in materials where the refractive index can be varied by light pulses and beams. Gap solitons that can propagate at any velocity from zero to the speed of light and spatial solitons that prevent the diffractive spread of light in waveguide arrays are two examples of the new phenomena described in this book. Microstructured optical fibers allow control of the guided mode dispersion for broadband light generation and new soliton phenomena. Many new materials and structures are being developed that will impact new optical devices with applications in optical communications and optical data processing. All the above topics are addressed in detail in this book.

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Nonlinear optical studies of periodic dielectric structures have blossomed in the past two decades. New fabrication techniques are producing fiber grating and multidimensional photonic crystals in materials where the refractive index can be varied by light pulses and beams. Gap solitons that can propagate at any velocity from zero to the speed of light and spatial solitons that prevent the diffractive spread of light in waveguide arrays are two examples of the new phenomena described in this book. Microstructured optical fibers allow control of the guided mode dispersion for broadband light generation and new soliton phenomena. Many new materials and structures are being developed that will impact new optical devices with applications in optical communications and optical data processing. All the above topics are addressed in detail in this book.

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Nonlinear optical studies of periodic dielectric structures have blossomed in the past two decades. New fabrication techniques are producing fiber grating and multidimensional photonic crystals in materials where the refractive index can be varied by light pulses and beams. Gap solitons that can propagate at any velocity from zero to the speed of light and spatial solitons that prevent the diffractive spread of light in waveguide arrays are two examples of the new phenomena described in this book. Microstructured optical fibers allow control of the guided mode dispersion for broadband light generation and new soliton phenomena. Many new materials and structures are being developed that will impact new optical devices with applications in optical communications and optical data processing. All the above topics are addressed in detail in this book.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XX
Introduction....Pages 1-12
Front Matter....Pages 13-13
Theory of Nonlinear Pulse Propagation in Periodic Structures....Pages 15-31
Polarization Effects in Birefringent, Nonlinear, Periodic Media....Pages 33-60
Raman Gap Solitons in Nonlinear Photonic Crystals....Pages 61-71
Self-transparency and Localization in Gratings with Quadratic Nonlinearity....Pages 73-105
Photonic Band Edge Effects in Finite Structures and Applications to ?(2) Interactions....Pages 107-140
Theory of Parametric Photonic Crystals....Pages 141-165
Front Matter....Pages 167-167
Nonlinear Propagation in Fiber Gratings....Pages 169-200
Gap Solitons Experiments within the Bandgap of a Nonlinear Bragg Grating....Pages 201-219
Pulsed Interactions in Nonlinear Fiber Bragg Gratings....Pages 221-252
Front Matter....Pages 253-253
Chalcogenide Glasses....Pages 255-267
Optical Properties of Microstructure Optical Fibers....Pages 269-284
Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers with Bragg Gratings....Pages 285-300
Atomic Solitons in Optical Lattices....Pages 301-319
Front Matter....Pages 321-321
Discrete Solitons....Pages 323-350
Nonlinear Localized Modes in 2D Photonic Crystals and Waveguides....Pages 351-369
Back Matter....Pages 371-375

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Nonlinear optical studies of periodic dielectric structures have blossomed in the past two decades. New fabrication techniques are producing fiber grating and multidimensional photonic crystals in materials where the refractive index can be varied by light pulses and beams. Gap solitons that can propagate at any velocity from zero to the speed of light and spatial solitons that prevent the diffractive spread of light in waveguide arrays are two examples of the new phenomena described in this book. Microstructured optical fibers allow control of the guided mode dispersion for broadband light generation and new soliton phenomena. Many new materials and structures are being developed that will impact new optical devices with applications in optical communications and optical data processing. All the above topics are addressed in detail in this book.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XX
Introduction....Pages 1-12
Front Matter....Pages 13-13
Theory of Nonlinear Pulse Propagation in Periodic Structures....Pages 15-31
Polarization Effects in Birefringent, Nonlinear, Periodic Media....Pages 33-60
Raman Gap Solitons in Nonlinear Photonic Crystals....Pages 61-71
Self-transparency and Localization in Gratings with Quadratic Nonlinearity....Pages 73-105
Photonic Band Edge Effects in Finite Structures and Applications to ?(2) Interactions....Pages 107-140
Theory of Parametric Photonic Crystals....Pages 141-165
Front Matter....Pages 167-167
Nonlinear Propagation in Fiber Gratings....Pages 169-200
Gap Solitons Experiments within the Bandgap of a Nonlinear Bragg Grating....Pages 201-219
Pulsed Interactions in Nonlinear Fiber Bragg Gratings....Pages 221-252
Front Matter....Pages 253-253
Chalcogenide Glasses....Pages 255-267
Optical Properties of Microstructure Optical Fibers....Pages 269-284
Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers with Bragg Gratings....Pages 285-300
Atomic Solitons in Optical Lattices....Pages 301-319
Front Matter....Pages 321-321
Discrete Solitons....Pages 323-350
Nonlinear Localized Modes in 2D Photonic Crystals and Waveguides....Pages 351-369
Back Matter....Pages 371-375
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