Ultrafast Photonics

Informationen zum Autor A Miller! D T Reid! D M Finlayson! P Osborne Klappentext Ultrafast photonics has become an interdisciplinary topic of high international research interest because of the spectacular development of compact and efficient lasers producing optical pulses in the femtosecond range. This book brings together contributions from experts at major research initiatives around the world to address all aspects of this very active field. Topics covered range from the fundamental physics of optical interactions and material properties through to new system concepts for ultrahigh-capacity data transfer and processing using femtosecond pulses with emphasis on areas of specific scientific breakthroughs and subsequent technological advances. Zusammenfassung Addresses various aspects of ultrafast photonics. This book covers topics that range from the fundamental physics of optical interactions and material properties through to various system concepts for ultrahigh-capacity data transfer and processing using femtosecond pulses with an emphasis on areas of specific scientific breakthroughs. Inhaltsverzeichnis Prospects for ultrafast digital processing! Femtosecond sources based on vibronic crystals! Short pulse generation using sem iconductor lasers! Measuring ultrafast laser pulses! Cascaded nonlinear optical processes! Spatial beam instabilities due to instantaneous nonlinear mechanisms! Planar photonic crystal microcircuit elements! Propagation of short light pulses in photonic band-gap structures! Ultrafast spectroscopy studies of semiconductors! Ultrafast semiconductor all-optical processing devices for telecommunications applications! Ultrafast processes in semiconductor optical amplifiers and modulators! Towards polym er lasers and amplifiers! Optical spintronics for switching! Localised waves in femtosecond optics! Poster Sessions! List of Participants! Index

Product details

• Authors: a Reid Miller, A. Miller, A. Reid Miller, Miller Miller, MILLER REID D T FINLAYSON D
• Assisted by: D M Finlayson (Editor), D. M. Finlayson (Editor), D.M. Finlayson (Editor), D.M. (University of St. Andrews Finlayson (Editor), A Miller (Editor), A. Miller (Editor), A. (University of St. Andrews Miller (Editor), D T Reid (Editor), D. T. Reid (Editor), D.T. Reid (Editor), D.T. (Heriot-Watt University Reid (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.04.2004
• EAN: 9780750309042
• ISBN: 978-0-7503-0904-2
• No. of pages: 356
• Series: Scottish Graduate Series; Scottish Graduate Series
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Electronics, electrical engineering, communications engineering; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Optics, Applied optics