عنوان

Nonlinear optical systems /

(Number (ISBN

1107062675

(Number (ISBN

9781107062672

Erroneous ISBN

9781316236697 (PDF ebook)

Title Proper

Nonlinear optical systems /

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

Luigi Lugiato, Università degli Studi dell'Insubria, Italy, Franco Prati, Università degli Studi dell'Insubria, Italy, Massimo Brambilla, Politecnico di Bari, Italy.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Cambridge, United Kingdom :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Cambridge University Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2015.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xiv, 454 pages :

Other Physical Details

illustrations ;

Dimensions

26 cm

Text of Note

"The volume is addressed to students and teachers of graduate courses and researchers in the areas of nonlinear optics, laser physics/quantum electronics/photonics and dynamics of nonlinear optic systems"--Preface.

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 425-446) and index.

Text of Note

The rate-equation model for the laser -- The interaction of a system of two-level atoms with the electromagnetic field -- The Maxwell-Bloch equations -- Inclusion of the irreversible processes in the atomic equations -- Propagation in irreversible Maxwell-Bloch equations -- Optical nonlinearities. Materials with quadratic nonlinearities -- Optical nonlinearities. Materials with cubic nonlinearities -- Optical resonators. The planar ring cavity. Empty cavity. Linear cavity -- A nonlinear active ring cavity: the ring laser, stationary states -- The adiabatic elimination principle -- A nonlinear passive ring cavity: optical bistability -- Model equations for the ring cavity. The single-mode model -- Single- and two-mode models -- Nonlinear dynamics in Fabry-Perot cavities -- Inhomogeneous broadening -- The semiconductor laser -- Lasers without inversion and the effects of atomic coherence -- Some general aspects in nonlinear dissipative dynamical systems -- Special limits in the single-mode model -- The linear-stability analysis of the Maxwell-Bloch equations -- Adiabatic elimination in the complete Maxwell-Bloch equations -- Dynamical aspects in the laser -- Single-mode and multimode operation in inhomogeneously broadened lasers -- Dynamical aspects in optical bistability -- Self-pulsing in other optical systems -- Gaussian beams and modes of cavities with spherical mirrors -- General features about optical pattern formation in planar cavities -- The Lugiato-Lefever model -- Spatial patterns in cavities with spherical mirrors -- Cavity solitons -- Appendixes: A. The Routh-Hurwitz stability criterion -- B. Calculation of the oscillatory instability boundary -- C. Coefficients of the characteristic equation (20.20) -- D. Derivation of equations (20.27) and (20.28) -- E. Coefficients of equations (20.60) and (20.61) -- F. The exact boundary of the Risken-Nummedal-Graham-Haken instability -- G. Nonlinear analysis of the roll solution.

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International Standard Book Number

9781316236697

Nonlinear optics.

Photonics.

Quantum electronics.

Nichtlineare Optik

Nonlinear optics.

Photonics.

Photonik

Quantum electronics.

Number

Edition

Class number

Book number

Lugiato, L. A., (Luigi A.),1944-

Brambilla, Massimo

Prati, Franco

Date of Transaction

20200822145746.0

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[Book]

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