Contemporary Nonlinear Optics

ContributorsPreface1. Nonlinear Guided Wave Optics 1. Introduction 2. Principles of Waveguiding 3. Second Order Nonlinear Phenomena 4. Intensity-Dependent Refractive Index 5. All-Optical Switching Devices 6. Highly Nonlinear Waveguides 7. Summary References2. Optical Solitons 1. Introduction 2. Fiber Solitons 3. Coupled Optical Solitons 4. Self-Induced-Transparency Solitons 5. Multiple-Wave Mixing Solitons 6. Other Kinds of Solitons 7. Concluding Remarks Acknowledgments References3. Optical Phase Conjugation 1. Introduction 2. Phase Conjugation by Degenerate and Nearly Degenerate Four-Wave Mixing 3. Phase Conjugation by Stimulated Scattering 4. Photorefractive Phase Conjugate Mirrors 5. Applications of Optical Phase Conjugation AcknowledgmentsReferences4. Ultrafast Nonlinear Optics 1. Introduction 2. The Generation of Ultrashort Optical Pulses 3. Applications of Ultrashort Optical Pulses in Nonlinear Optics 4. Conclusions Acknowledgments Appendix References5. Quantum Statistics in Nonlinear Optics 1. Introduction 2. Quantized Electromagnetic Field and its Measurement 3. Quantum Fluctuations in Stimulated Raman Scattering 4. Quantum Fluctuations in Optical Parametric Amplification Acknowledgments References6. Photorefractive Adaptive Neural Networks 1. Introduction 2. Implementation Issues 3. Diffraction Properties of Volume Holograms 4. Holographic Interconnections 5. The Photorefractive Effect 6. Dynamic Holographic Interconnections 7. Optical Learning Machines 8. Conclusion Acknowledgments References7. Nonlinear Optical Effects in Organic Materials 1. Introduction 2. Microscopic Theory of Optical Nonlinearity 3. Bulk Optical Nonlinearity 4. Measurements of Microscopic Nonlinearities 5. Dynamics of Resonant Third-Order Nonlinear Processes in Molecular Systems 6. Some Representative Measurements 7. Role of Carriers 8. Current Status and Future Directions of Research Acknowledgments References8. Nonlinear Optics in Quantum Confined Structures 1. Introduction 2. Nonlinear Optics in Quantum Confined Microstructures 3. Quantum Confinement 4. The Impact of Quantum Confinement on Optical Nonlinearities: Nonresonant Case 5. The Impact of Quantum Confinement on Optical Nonlinearities: Resonant Case 6. General Remarks and Conclusions References9. Nonlinear Laser Spectroscopy: Saturation Resonances 1. Introduction 2. Saturation Absorption Spectroscopy 3. Saturation Effects under Transit-Time Conditions 4. Spectroscopy with Probe Waves 5. Anomalous Zeeman Effect 6. Recoil Effect References10. Temporal and Spatial Instabilities and Nonlinear Dynamics in Lasers and Optical Bistability 1. Introduction 2. Classifications 3. Constructing the Various Models 4. Experimental Characteristics of the FIR Ammonia Lasers 5. Dimensions and Entropies and Measures of Chaos 6. Homoclinic and Heteroclinic (Shil'nikov) Chaos 7. Transverse Patterns 8. Optical Bistability 9. Conclusion Acknowledgments ReferencesIndex