Optical Solitons: From Fibers to Photonic CrystalsAcademic Press, 12.06.2003 - 540 Seiten The current research into solitons and their use in fiber optic communications is very important to the future of communications. Since the advent of computer networking and high speed data transmission technology people have been striving to develop faster and more reliable communications media. Optical pulses tend to broaden over relatively short distances due to dispersion, but solitons on the other hand are not as susceptible to the effects of dispersion, and although they are subject to losses due to attenuation they can be amplified without being received and re-transmitted. This book is the first to provide a thorough overview of optical solitons. The main purpose of this book is to present the rapidly developing field of Spatial Optical Solitons starting from the basic concepts of light self-focusing and self-trapping. It will introduce the fundamental concepts of the theory of nonlinear waves and solitons in non-integrated but physically realistic models of nonlinear optics including their stability and dynamics. Also, it will summarize a number of important experimental verification of the basic theoretical predictions and concepts covering the observation of self-focusing in the earlier days of nonlinear optics and the most recent experimental results on spatial solitons, vortex solitons, and soliton interaction & spiraling. * Introduces the fundamental concepts of the theory of nonlinear waves and solitons through realistic models * Material is based on authors' years of experience actively working in and researching the field * Summarizes the most important experimental verification of the basic theories, predictions and concepts of this ever evolving field from the earliest studies to the most recent |
Inhalt
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| 31 | |
Chapter 3 Temporal Solitons | 63 |
Chapter 4 Dark Solitons | 104 |
Chapter 5 Bragg Solitons | 147 |
Chapter 6 TwoDimensional Solitons | 177 |
Chapter 7 Spatiotemporal Solitons | 212 |
Chapter 8 Vortex Solitons | 249 |
Chapter 9 Vector Solitons | 278 |
Chapter 10 Parametric Solitons | 340 |
Chapter 11 Discrete Solitons | 386 |
Chapter 12 Solitons in Photonic Crystals | 425 |
Chapter 13 Incoherent Solitons | 447 |
Chapter 14 Related Concepts | 472 |
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
amplitude analytical approximation background bandgap Bragg bright solitons cavity solitons collision components corresponds curve CW beam D. N. Christodoulides dark solitons depends diffraction discrete solitons discussed dispersion dynamics eigenvalue evolution experimental frequency function Gaussian beam grating group velocity higher-order incoherent solitons input beam intensity interaction inverse scattering transform Kerr medium Kivshar laser Lett linear localized modes modulation instability NLS equation nonlinear effects nonlinear medium nonlinear optics numerical simulations observed obtained optical beam optical fibers oscillations output parameter peak power perturbation phase photonic crystal photorefractive Phys polarization power levels profiles propagation constant pump quadratic solitons Quantum Electron radiation refractive index Section Segev self-focusing self-trapped shown in Figure shows solitons forming solutions of Eqs solving spatial solitons spatiotemporal stability stripe structure temporal solitons transverse instability two-dimensional values vector solitons velocity vortex solitons vortices wave waveguide arrays wavelength width