Advanced Photonics with Second-Order Optically Nonlinear Processes / edited by A.D. Boardman, L. Pavlov, S. Tanev.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Boardman, A.D., Editor.

Pavlov, L., Editor.

Tanev, S., Editor.

North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Scientific Affairs Division.

Conference Name:

NATO Advanced Study Institute on Advanced Photonics with Second-Order Optically Nonlinear Processes (1997 : Sozopol, Bulgaria)

Series:

NATO Science Partnership Subseries: 3, High Technology ; 61

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Electrodynamics.

Lasers.

Materials--Analysis.

Materials.

Mathematics.

Classical Electrodynamics.

Laser.

Characterization and Analytical Technique.

Applications of Mathematics.

Local Subjects:

Classical Electrodynamics.

Laser.

Characterization and Analytical Technique.

Applications of Mathematics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (X, 486 p. 41 illus.)

Edition:

1st ed. 1998.

Place of Publication:

Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Although it took some time to establish the word, photonics is both widely accepted and used throughout the world and a major area of activity concerns nonlinear materials. In these the nonlinearity mainly arises from second-order or third-order nonlinear optical processes. A restriction is that second-order processes only occur in media that do not possess a centre of symmetry. Optical fibres, on the other hand, being made of silica glass, created by fusing SiO molecules, are made of material with a centre of z symmetry, so the bulk of all processes are governed by third-order nonlinearity. Indeed, optical fibre nonlinearities have been extensively studied for the last thirty years and can be truly hailed as a success story of nonlinear optics. In fact, the fabrication ofsuch fibres, and the exploitation oftheir nonlinearity, is in an advanced stage - not least being their capacity to sustain envelope solitons. What then ofsecond-order nonlinearity? This is also well-known for its connection to second-harmonic generation. It is an immediate concern, however, to understand how waves can mix and conserve both energy and momentum ofthe photons involved. The problem is that the wave vectors cannot be made to match without a great deal of effort, or at least some clever arrangement has to be made - a special geometry, or crystal arrangement. The whole business is called phase­ matching and an inspection ofthe state-of-the-art today, reveals the subject to be in an advanced state.

Contents:

to the propagation of cw radiation and solitons in quadratically nonlinear media

Plane and guided wave effects and devices via quadratic cascading

Control of laser light parameters by ?(2): ?(2) nonlinear optical devices

Asymmetric quantum wells for second-order optical nonlinearities

Experiments on quadratic spatial solitons

Diffraction beam interaction in quadratic nonlinear media

A lithium niobate quadratic device for wavelength multiplexing around 1.55?m

Full vector theory of fundamental and second-harmonic cw waves

Nonlinear phase shifts in a counterpropagating quasi-phase-matched configuration

Generation of high power picosecond pulses by passively mode-locked Nd:YAG laser using frequency doubling mirror

Collision, fusion, and spiralling of interacting solitons in a bulk quadratic medium

Quadratic ring-shaped solitary waves

Solitary and periodic pulses for ?(2): explicit solutions in abundance

Propagation of ring dark solitary waves in saturable self-defocusing media

The N-soliton interactions, complex toda chain and stable propagation of NLS soliton trains

Ray optics theory of self-matched beams mutual focusing in quadratic nonlinear media

Resonant properties of ?2 in two-particle frequency regions

On parametric coupled solitons with high-order dispersion

Large self-phase modulation via simultaneous second harmonic generation and sum frequency mixing

Pulsed beam self-focusing

Slow and immobile solitons in quadratic media

Fermi resonance nonlinear waves and solitons in organic superlattices

Cascaded processes in gyrotropy media, and novel electro-optical effect on ?(2) nonlinearity

Classical and quantum aspects of cw parametric interaction in a cavity

Alternative media for cascading: Second order nonlinearitiesand cascading in plasma waveguids

Frequency conversion with semiconductor heterostructures

Parametric interactions in waveguides realized on periodically poled crystals

Rb:KTP optical waveguides

Backward parametric interactions in quasi-phase matched configurations

Modes of TM field in nonlinear Kerr media

Numerical simulations of self-induced plasma smoothing of spatially incoherent laser beams

Effects of impurities on existence and propagation of intrinsic localized modes in ferromagnetic spin chains

Optical properties and holographic recording in Pb2ScTaO6 single crystal

Nonlinear effects in bulk semiconductor waveguide switches

Nonlinear transmission of ultrashort light pulses by a thin semiconductor film for the case of two-photon biexciton excitation

The optical and structural properties of HxLi1-xNbO3 phases, generated in proton exchanged LiNbO3 optical waveguides

Optical properties of Bi12TiO20 photorefractive crystals doped with Cu and Ag

Coherent and incoherent optical processes and phase sensitive adiabatic states

High average power tunable deep UV generation using cascading second-order nonlinear optical conversions

Optical filters and switches using photonic bandgap structures

Thin layer modification of P.V.D.F. with copper sulfide

Quadratic solitons: past, present and future.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

ISBN:

94-007-0850-5