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Self-Organization in Optical Systems and Applications in Information Technology

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  • © 1995

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Editors:
  1. Mikhail A. Vorontsov

    1. International Laser Center, Vorob’evy Gory, M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
      New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, USA

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  2. Walter B. Miller

    1. Battlefield Environment Directorate, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, White Sands Missile Range, USA

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Part of the book series: Springer Series in Synergetics (SSSYN, volume 66)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XV
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  2. Introduction Self-Organization in Nonlinear Optics — Kaleidoscope of Patterns

    • M. A. Vorontsov, W. B. Miller
    Pages 1-26

  3. Information Processing and Nonlinear Physics: From Video Pulses to Waves and Structures

    • S. A. Akhmanov
    Pages 27-44

  4. Optical Design Kit of Nonlinear Spatial Dynamics

    • E. V. Degtiarev, M. A. Vorontsov
    Pages 45-67

  5. Pattern Formation in Passive Nonlinear Optical Systems

    • W. J. Firth
    Pages 69-96

  6. Spatio-Temporal Instability Threshold Characteristics in Two-Level Atom Devices

    • M. Le Berre, E. Ressayre, A. Tallet
    Pages 97-131

  7. Transverse Traveling-Wave Patterns and Instabilities in Lasers

    • Q. Feng, R. Indik, J. Lega, J. V. Moloney, A. C. Newell, M. Staley
    Pages 133-145

  8. Laser-Based Optical Associative Memories

    • M. Brambilla, L. A. Lugiato, M. V. Pinna, F. Pratti, P. Pagani, P. Vanotti
    Pages 147-159

  9. Pattern and Vortex Dynamics in Photorefractive Oscillators

    • F. T. Arecchi, S. Boccaletti, G. Giacomelli, P. L. Ramazza, S. Residori
    Pages 161-216

  10. From Hamiltonian Mechanics to Continuous Media. Dissipative Structures. Criteria of Self-Organization

    • Yu. L. Klimontovich
    Pages 217-244

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 245-248
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Contrary to monographs on non-linear optics this book concentrates on problems of self-organization in various important contexts. The reader learns how patterns in non-linear optical systems are created and what theoretical methods can be applied to describe them. Next, various aspects of pattern formation such as associative memory, information processing, spatio-temporal instability, photo refraction, and so on are treated.
The book addresses graduate students and researchers in physics and optical engineering.

Reviews

"I liked this book very much. The contributions, which stem from some of the leading groups in the field, are almost uniformly of high quality, and have been assembled by (the editors) into a cohesive set...I can strongly recommend this volume. It has both breadth and depth, and gives an accurate portrayal of the current state of the art." - Mark Saffman, OFD, Riso National Laboratory

Editors and Affiliations

  • International Laser Center, Vorob’evy Gory, M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

    Mikhail A. Vorontsov

  • New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, USA

    Mikhail A. Vorontsov

  • Battlefield Environment Directorate, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, White Sands Missile Range, USA

    Walter B. Miller

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