Theoretical Problems in Cavity Nonlinear Optics

Zusammenfassung The scientific and technological importance of lasers has generated great interest in the field of cavity nonlinear optics. This book provides a thorough description of this subject in terms of modern dynamical systems theory. Throughout! the emphasis is on deriving analytical results and highlighting their physical significance. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Reduction of the Maxwell-Schrödinger equations; 2. Parameter swept across a steady bifurcation I; 3. Parameter swept across a steady bifurcation II; 4. Optical bistability: constant input; 5. Optical bistability: variable input; 6. Multimode optical bistability; 7. Free running multimode lasers; 8. Antiphase dynamics; 9. Laser stability; 10. Second harmonic generation; 11. Saturable absorbers; 12. Transverse effects in optical bistability.

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• Autori: Paul Mandel, Paul (Universite Libre De Bruxelles) Mandel
• Con la collaborazione di: P. L. Knight (Editore), A. Miller (Editore)
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 20.10.2005
• EAN: 9780521019200
• ISBN: 978-0-521-01920-0
• Pagine: 204
• Serie: Cambridge Studies in Modern Op
• Categoria: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Fisica, astronomia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie