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Nonlinear Optics: Past, Present and Future; N. Bloembergen. Introduction to Nonlinear Guided Wave Optics; G.I. Stegeman. Squeezed States Using Parametric Processes; E. Giacobino. Second Order Nonlinear Optical Processes in KTiOPO4 Waveguides; J.D. Bierlein. Optical Nonlinearities of Quantum Confined Metal and Semiconductor Crystallites in Glasses; C. Flytzanis. Nonlinear Magnetooptics. The Photoinduced Faraday Rotation in Diluted Magnetic Semiconductors; R. Frey, J. Frey, C. Meriaux, C. Flytzanis. Organic Molecules for Guided Wave Quadratic and Cubic Optics; F. Kajzar. Modeling of Guided Wave Devices; I. Montrosset, P.M. Lambkin, G. Perrone. Nonlinear Frequency Conversion in Periodically-Poled Ferroelectric Waveguides; M.M. Fejer. Second Harmonic Generation in `Cerenkov Configuration'; M.P. De Micheli. Nd: MgO: LiNbO3 Waveguide Lasers; E. Lallier. Erbium-doped LiNbO3 Waveguide Amplifiers and Lasers; H. Suche. Optical Guided Waves, Linear and Nonlinear Surface Plasmons; A.D. Boardman, K. Booth, P. Egan. GaAs/GaAlAs Multiple Quantum Well Nonlinear Guided Wave Devices; P.N. Robson. Third Order Nonlinear Integrated Devices; G. Assanto. Third Order Nonlinear Integrated Optical Resonators; G. Vitrant. Gap Solitons; J.E. Sipe. Soliton Beam Propagation in Nonlinear Kerr Media; F. Reynaud, A. Barthelemy. Bending and Break-Up of Light Beams by Nonlinear Interfaces: A Soliton-Based Equivalent Particle Approach; J.V. Moloney. Overview of Fiber Nonlinear Optics; R.H. Stolen. Introduction to Fiber Optics and Nonlinear Effects in Optical Fibers; C. Pask. Why are Solitons Robust in Optical Fibers? C.R. Menyuk. Nonlinear Dynamics of Parametric Wave-Mixing Interactions in Optics: Instabilities and Chaos; S. Trillo, S. Wabnitz. Nonlinear Fiber Devices and Soliton Communications; N.J. Doran. Basic Physics of Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifiers; E. Desurvire. Fundamentals of Light Amplification in Single-Mode Fibers; E. Desurvire. Dynamic Brillouin Processes in Fibers; E. Picholle. Index.
This book is the first unified presentation of guided wave nonlinear optics. The path from the original nonlinear optical experiments based on multi-megawatt lasers in bulk materials to the recent breakthroughs using milliwatt laser powers in guided wave configurations is clearly outlined. The chapters cover both the theoretical framework of the field and applications to basic scientific research, optimal communications, and technical instrumentation. Specific topics developed include nonlinear interactions using integrated optical guides, surface waves, and optical fibers, as well as the related topic of fiber and integrated optical lasers and amplifiers. Recent developments concerning solitons and soliton-based devices are presented in detail. For each topic care is taken to ensure an heuristic introduction in order to facilitate the transition toward state-of-the-art advanced research material presented by recognized world leaders in these fields.
Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute, Cargèse, France, August 12-24, 1991