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Nonlinear Optics: Materials and Devices

Proceedings of the International School of Materials Science and Technology, Erice, Sicily, July 1–14, 1985

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1986

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Editors:
  1. Christos Flytzanis

    1. Laboratoire d’Optique Quantique du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau Cedex, France

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  2. Jean Louis Oudar

    1. C.N.E.T., Bagneux, France

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Table of contents (13 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-VIII
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  2. Nonlinear Optics in Guide Structures

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Nonlinear Optical Waveguide Devices

      • H. A. Haus
      Pages 2-30

    3. Nonlinear Guided Waves

      • G. I. Stegeman, C. T. Seaton, W. M. Hetherington III, A. D. Boardman, P. Egan
      Pages 31-64

    4. Nonlinear Interactions and Excitonic Effects in Semiconductor Quantum Wells

      • D. S. Chemla
      Pages 65-78

  3. Ultrafast Charge Carrier Dynamics in Semiconductors

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 79-79
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    2. Femtosecond Lasers and Ultrafast Processes in Semiconductors

      • C. L. Tang
      Pages 80-90

    3. Transient Nonlinear Optical Effects in Semiconductors

      • J. L. Oudar
      Pages 91-103

    4. Picosecond Luminescence Studies of Electron-Hole Dynamics in Semiconductors

      • E. O. Göbel
      Pages 104-114

  4. Nonlinear Optical Materials

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 115-115
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    2. Prospect of New Nonlinear Organic Materials

      • G. R. Meredith
      Pages 116-127

    3. Photorefractive Materials for Optical Processing

      • J. P. Huignard, G. Roosen
      Pages 128-141

    4. Optical Fibres with Organic Crystalline Cores

      • B. K. Nayar
      Pages 142-153

    5. Nonlinear Optics at Surfaces and in Composite Materials

      • D. Ricard
      Pages 154-178

  5. Optical Bistability and Instabilities in Nonlinear Optical Devices

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 179-179
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    2. Semiconductor Optical Bistability: Towards the Optical Computer

      • B. S. Wherrett
      Pages 180-221

    3. Optical Bistability and Nonlinearities of the Dielectric Function Due to Biexcitons

      • J. B. Grun
      Pages 222-230

    4. Instabilities and Chaos in Nonlinear Optical Beam Interactions

      • C. Flytzanis
      Pages 231-248

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 249-252
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About this book

The field of nonlinear optics has witnessed a tremendous evolution since its beginnings in the early sixties. Its frontiers have been extended in many direc­ tions and its techniques have intruded upon many areas of both fundamental and practical interest. The field itself has been enriched with many new phe­ nomena and concepts that have further extended its scope and strengthened its connection with other areas. As a consequence, it is becoming increasingly unrealistic to expect to cover the different facets and trends of this field in the lectures or proceed­ ings of a summer school, however advanced these may be. However much of the current progress and interest in this field springs to a large extent from the promise and expectation that highly performing all-optical devices that exploit and operate on the principles of nonlinear optics will constitute an important branch of future technology and will provide new alternatives in information processing and transmission. The conception of new devices, in general, requires an intricate and bold combination of facts and methods from most diverse fields, in order to perform functions and operations that fit into an overall technological ensemble.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Laboratoire d’Optique Quantique du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau Cedex, France

    Christos Flytzanis

  • C.N.E.T., Bagneux, France

    Jean Louis Oudar

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Nonlinear Optics: Materials and Devices

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of the International School of Materials Science and Technology, Erice, Sicily, July 1–14, 1985

  • Editors: Christos Flytzanis, Jean Louis Oudar

  • Series Title: Springer Proceedings in Physics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-47547-4

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1986

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-47551-1Published: 09 April 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-47547-4Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0930-8989

  • Series E-ISSN: 1867-4941

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 249

  • Number of Illustrations: 186 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices, Quantum Optics

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