Nonlinear Optical Materials and Devices for Applications in Information Technology
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by A. Miller, K.R. Welford, B. Daino.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Dordrecht
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Springer Netherlands
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1995
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
(xii, 367 pages)
SERIES
Series Title
NATO ASI series., Series E,, Applied sciences ;, 289.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Fundamentals of Nonlinear Optics --; Nonlinear Phenomena in Optical Fibres --; Giant Optical Nonlinearities in Nematic Liquid Crystals --; Photo-Induced Refractive Index Changes in Bulk Semiconductors --; Nonlinear Optical Effects in Active Semiconductor Devices --; Electron States in Biased Heterostructures --; Quantum Well Optical Switching Devices --; Integrated Optics and All-optical Waveguide Switching --; Digital Optical Computing.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
Nonlinear Optical Materials and Devices for Applications in Information Technology takes the reader from fundamental interactions of laser light in materials to the latest developments of digital optical information processing. The book emphasises nonlinear optical interactions in bulk and low-dimensional semiconductors, liquid crystals and optical fibres. After establishing the basic laser--material interactions in these materials, it goes on to assess applications in soliton propagation, integrated optics, smart pixel arrays and digital optical computing.
PARALLEL TITLE PROPER
Parallel Title
Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute, Erice, Sicily, Italy, July 13--26, 1993