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Spatial Hysteresis and Optical Patterns

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  • © 2002

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Authors:
  1. Nikolay N. Rosanov

    1. Research Institute for Laser Physics, Research Center “Vavilov State Optical Institute”, St. Petersburg, Russia

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  • The first monograph on optical patterns
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XII
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  2. Introduction to the Physics of Distributed Bistable Systems

    • Nikolay N. Rosanov
    Pages 1-15

  3. Increasing Absorption Bistability

    • Nikolay N. Rosanov
    Pages 17-68

  4. Hybrid Bistable Devices

    • Nikolay N. Rosanov
    Pages 69-81

  5. Driven Nonlinear Interferometers

    • Nikolay N. Rosanov
    Pages 83-176

  6. Nonlinear Radiation Reflection

    • Nikolay N. Rosanov
    Pages 177-205

  7. Bistable Laser Schemes

    • Nikolay N. Rosanov
    Pages 207-253

  8. Conclusion: Comparing Different Types of Optical Patterns

    • Nikolay N. Rosanov
    Pages 255-258

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 259-308
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About this book

This book addresses a subject at the crossing point of two lines of investi­ gation - synergetics and modern nonlinear optics. First, the book is devoted to optical patterns that previously were mainly attributed to the display of instabilities of homogeneous field distributions. Second, we deal with optical bistability and hysteresis, which historically were studied predominantly for point (lumped, spatially nondistributed) systems. In the book, which seems to be the first monograph devoted to opti­ cal patterns, I attempt to demonstrate that the variety of optical patterns and other synergetical phenomena is especially rich in spatially distributed bistable systems, and that instabilities of homogeneous states are not neces­ sary for the formation of the patterns. Of special interest are patterns such as dissipative optical solitons, which individually have particle-like features and when combined resemble molecules, crystals, biological objects, and even social groups. Another essential point is the key role of inhomogeneities of bistable sys­ tems. As for hysteresis, it has been studied mostly in point systems, in which, with fixed characteristics of the input signal, one of several sets of steady­ state output signal characteristics can form, depending on the prehistory. In spatially distributed optical systems, the kinetics of hysteresis acquires the form of "spatial hysteresis", or hysteresis of spatial distributions of field char­ acteristics. This problem of "stereoscopic vision" of such hysteresis was solved in optical bistability some 20 years ago, and the concepts proposed were later confirmed and expanded.

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"This book is very well written and contains many important and new original results that certainly play an important role in today’s nonlinear optics." (Physicalia, 25/3, 2003)

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  • Research Institute for Laser Physics, Research Center “Vavilov State Optical Institute”, St. Petersburg, Russia

    Nikolay N. Rosanov

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