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Transverse-Pattern Formation in Photorefractive Optics

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Authors:
  1. Cornelia Denz

    1. Institut für Angewandte Physik (Institute for Applied Physics), Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Münster, Germany

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  2. Michael Schwab

    1. Institut für Angewandte Physik (Institute for Applied Physics), Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Münster, Germany

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  3. Carsten Weilnau

    1. Institut für Angewandte Physik (Institute for Applied Physics), Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Münster, Germany

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Part of the book series: Springer Tracts in Modern Physics (STMP, volume 188)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

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  2. Introduction — Nonlinear Waves and Transverse Patterns

    • Cornelia Denz, Michael Schwab, Carsten Weilnau
    Pages 1-10

  3. Light Propagation in Nonlinear Optical Media

    • Cornelia Denz, Michael Schwab, Carsten Weilnau
    Pages 11-48

  4. The Photorefractive Nonlinearity

    • Cornelia Denz, Michael Schwab, Carsten Weilnau
    Pages 49-80

  5. Spatial Photorefractive Solitons

    • Cornelia Denz, Michael Schwab, Carsten Weilnau
    Pages 81-112

  6. Interaction of Spatial Solitons in a Saturable Photorefractive Medium

    • Cornelia Denz, Michael Schwab, Carsten Weilnau
    Pages 113-146

  7. Waveguiding in Photorefractive Solitons

    • Cornelia Denz, Michael Schwab, Carsten Weilnau
    Pages 147-164

  8. Vector Solitons in a Photorefractive Medium

    • Cornelia Denz, Michael Schwab, Carsten Weilnau
    Pages 165-194

  9. Self-Organized Pattern Formation in Single-Feedback Systems

    • Cornelia Denz, Michael Schwab, Carsten Weilnau
    Pages 195-226

  10. Multiple Patterns and Complex Pattern Competition

    • Cornelia Denz, Michael Schwab, Carsten Weilnau
    Pages 227-244

  11. Manipulation and Control of Self-Organized Patterns by Spatio-Temporal Techniques

    • Cornelia Denz, Michael Schwab, Carsten Weilnau
    Pages 245-276

  12. Transverse Patterns in Active Photorefractive Oscillators

    • Cornelia Denz, Michael Schwab, Carsten Weilnau
    Pages 277-324

  13. Conclusion and Outlook

    • Cornelia Denz, Michael Schwab, Carsten Weilnau
    Pages 325-326

  14. Index

    • Cornelia Denz, Michael Schwab, Carsten Weilnau
    Pages 327-328

  15. Back Matter

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About this book

Of interest to scientists working in the field of optics or nonlinear physics, this book gives an overview of current developments in nonlinear photorefractive optics. It dicusses exciting discoveries, with special emphasis on transverse effects such as spatial soliton formation and interaction, spontaneous pattern formation and pattern competition in active feedback systems. Different aspects of potential applications, such as wave guiding in adaptive photorefractive solitons and techniques for pattern control for information processing, are also described. The author Professor Denz received the Lise Meitner Prize in 1993 for her dissertation on photorefractive neural networks and in 1999 the Adolf Messer Prize for the development of an optical motion detection filter.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Institut für Angewandte Physik (Institute for Applied Physics), Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Münster, Germany

    Cornelia Denz, Michael Schwab, Carsten Weilnau

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Transverse-Pattern Formation in Photorefractive Optics

  • Authors: Cornelia Denz, Michael Schwab, Carsten Weilnau

  • Series Title: Springer Tracts in Modern Physics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/b13583

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2003

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-02109-4Published: 22 September 2003

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-05693-2Published: 19 October 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-36977-6Published: 26 August 2003

  • Series ISSN: 0081-3869

  • Series E-ISSN: 1615-0430

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 334

  • Topics: Condensed Matter Physics, Quantum Optics

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