Autore	Chen Xianfeng
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Berlin, Germany : , : De Gruyter : , : Shanghai Jiao Tong University Press, , 2015
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (382 p.)
Disciplina	621.36/94
Collana	Advances in Optical Physics
Soggetto topico	Nonlinear optics Light
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-5231-1646-3 3-11-030449-X 3-11-038282-2
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Front matter -- Preface -- Contents -- 1. Recent progresses on weak-light nonlinear optics -- 2. Polarization coupling and its applications in periodically poled lithium niobate crystal -- 3. Ultrafast nonlinear optics -- 4. Nonlocal spatial optical solitons -- 5. Wave coupling theory and its applications of linear electro-optic (EO) effect -- Index -- Backmatter
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910464267203321

Edizione	[1st edition]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Boca Raton, FL : , : CRC Press, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, , 2012
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (447 p.)
Disciplina	621.36/94
Collana	Optics and Photonics
Soggetto topico	Nonlinear optics Photonics Wave-motion, Theory of Light - Transmission
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	0-429-08801-9 1-138-07276-1 1-4665-5612-9 1-4398-4547-6 1-4665-5496-7
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Front Cover; Contents; Preface; Contributors; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Nonlinear Systems and Mathematical Representations; Chapter 3: Soliton Fiber Lasers; Chapter 4: Multibound Solitons; Chapter 5: Transmission of Multibound Solitons; Chapter 6: Deterministic Dynamics of Solitons in Passive Mode-Locked Fiber Lasers; Chapter 7: Bistability, Bifurcation, and Chaos in Nonlinear Loop Fiber Lasers; Chapter 8: Nonlinear Fiber Ring Lasers; Chapter 9: Nonlinear Photonic Signal Processing Using Third-Order Nonlinearity Chapter 10: Volterra Series Transfer Function in Optical Transmission and Nonlinear CompensationAppendix A: Derivation of the Generalized Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation; Appendix B: Calculation Procedures of Triple Correlation, Bispectrum, and Examples; Appendix C: Simulink® Models; Back Cover
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910463843103321

Autore	Garmire Elsa M
Edizione	[1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Newark : , : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, , 2024
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (513 pages)
Disciplina	621.36/94
Soggetto topico	Nonlinear optics Optical engineering
ISBN	9781119508342 1119508347 9781119508366 1119508363 9781119508373 1119508371
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Acronyms -- Introduction: Why Nonlinear Optics? -- Summary 1: What is Nonlinear Optics Technology? -- Introduction -- The Nonlinear Optics Approach -- S4: Nonlinear Scattering and Absorption -- Appendices: Linear Optics -- Appendix A: Beams of Light in Transparent Optical Materials -- Appendix B: Optical Material Interacting with Monochromatic Light -- Appendix C: Understanding Resonators -- Appendix D: Waveguides to Avoid Diffraction -- Summary 2: Second-Order Nonlinearity -- Chapter 1: Second Harmonic Generation -- Chapter 2: Efficient Second-Harmonic Generation -- Mismatched Phases -- Applications for Efficient SHG -- Optical Rectification and Terahertz Radiation -- Chapter 3: Techniques for SHG Phase Matching -- Index Matching with Anisotropic Crystals -- Quasi-Phase Matching -- Gaussian Beam Diffraction -- Resonant Cavities -- Chapter 4: Optical Parametric Amplifier/Oscillator -- Optical Parametric Oscillators -- OPO Applications -- Quantum Optics: Entangling and Squeezing -- Summary 3: Third-Order Nonlinearity -- Chapter 5: Third-Order Nonlinearity: High Harmonics and Femtosecond Technology -- Impact of Ultra-Short Pulses (USPs) -- Applications for THG -- Gases for THG -- HHG (High Harmonic Generation) -- Impact of Mode-Locked Lasers -- Ultra-Short Pulse (USP) Applications -- Technology for Sensing Femtosecond Technology -- Optical Parametric Chirped-Pulse Amplifier -- Chapter 6: Impact of Nonlinear Index on Coherent Pulses -- Fiber Optic Communications: Nonlinear Time-Delay -- Time-Varying Intensity Impacts Pulse Shapes -- Solitons -- Intensity-Dependent Phase -- Self-Phase-Modulation -- Frequency Shifts from SPM -- Ultra-High Frequency Telecom Systems -- Quantum Non-demolition -- Chapter 7: Spatial Impacts of Nonlinear Index. Applications: All-Optical Switching -- Chapter 8: Four- and Two-Wave-Mixing -- Nonlinear Interference: Why Is this Interesting? -- Four-Wave-Mixing -- Distributed Retroreflection -- FWM for Optic Parametric Amplifiers -- Four-Wave Mixing as Four-Photon Scattering -- Summary 4: Nonlinear Scattering and Loss -- Introduction -- Chapter 9: Stimulated Raman Scattering -- Chapter 10: Stimulated Brillouin Scattering -- Chapter 11: Nonlinear Absorption -- Two-Photon Absorption -- Saturable Absorption -- Part I Technical Chapters on Second-Order Nonlinearity -- Chapter 1 Second Harmonic Generation -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Second Harmonic Generation at the Beginning -- 1.3 How Do We Begin? -- 1.3.1 Coherent Light -- 1.3.2 Linear Interaction Between Light and Materials -- 1.3.3 Dielectric Susceptibility -- 1.3.4 Orders of Optical Nonlinearity -- 1.4 Approaches to Second Harmonic Generation -- 1.4.1 Atomic Physics Assumed Here -- 1.4.2 Approach to NLO Learned from C. H. Townes -- 1.4.3 Modeling Material's Linear Response to Light -- 1.4.4 Dielectric Polarization Density -- 1.4.5 Impact of Coherent Light -- 1.4.6 Nonlinear Material Response -- 1.5 Electromagnetic Response to Dielectric -- 1.5.1 Polarization Wave: Second Harmonic -- 1.5.2 Second Harmonic Optical Energy Density -- 1.5.3 Numerical Analysis -- 1.6 Nonlinear Static Field -- 1.7 Second Harmonic Has No Inversion Symmetry -- 1.7.1 Why Does SHG Require Inversion Asymmetry? -- 1.7.2 Why Do So Few Materials Exhibit SHG? -- 1.8 Photon Picture of SHG -- 1.9 Nonlinear Optics (a Look Ahead) -- 1.10 Applications: SHG at Interfaces -- 1.10.1 Imaging Surface SHG -- 1.10.2 Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy -- 1.10.3 Spatially Inhomogeneous Examples -- 1.10.4 SHG Microscopy of Collagen in Tissue Structures -- 1.10.5 Surface SHG: Conformation Examples -- 1.10.6 Plasmonic Surface SHG for Single-Molecule Detection. 1.10.7 Electric-Field-Induced Second Harmonic -- 1.11 Discussion -- Chapter 2 Generating Second Harmonic Efficiently -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.1.1 Early Experimental Result -- 2.2 Traveling Waves for SHG -- 2.2.1 Nonlinearly Oscillating Dielectric Polarization -- 2.2.2 Phases in Coherent Electric Fields -- 2.2.3 Solving the Nonlinear Wave Equation -- 2.2.4 Phase-Matched Second-Harmonic Wave Equation` -- 2.2.5 Phase-Matched SH Field Growth vs. Distance -- 2.3 Phase-Matched Growth of Intensity -- 2.3.1 Squaring the Field to Find Intensity -- 2.3.2 SHG Discussion -- 2.3.3 SHG Coupling Coefficient -- 2.3.4 SH Intensity Efficiency Growth per Wavelength -- 2.3.5 Estimate of First SHG Experimental Results -- 2.4 SHG from Crystal Under Refractive-Index Mismatch -- 2.4.1 Growth of SH under Mismatched Phases -- 2.4.2 Coherence Length -- 2.4.3 Plot of Phase-Mismatch Function -- 2.4.4 Numerical Estimate of Phase Mismatch -- 2.4.5 Efficiency Analysis -- 2.5 When SH Power Diminishes Due to Phase Mismatch, Where Does It Go? -- 2.5.1 How Does the NL System Know What the SH Phase Is? -- 2.5.2 Conclusion: SHG Spatial Dependence Within Crystal -- 2.6 Phase-Matched Depleted Pump -- 2.7 SH Intensity with Phase Mismatch and Depleted Pump -- 2.7.1 Evaluating Limits to Index Mismatch -- 2.8 Applications of SHG -- 2.8.1 Efficiently Providing Coherent Light in the Green -- 2.8.2 LIDAR: Light Detection and Ranging -- 2.8.3 Pulsed Lasers and SHG -- 2.8.4 Discussion about Pulses -- 2.9 Sum and Difference Frequency Generation -- 2.9.1 Proving Sum-Frequency Generation -- 2.9.2 Difference Frequency Generation -- 2.10 Optical Field Rectification -- 2.10.1 Pulsed Amplitudes Generate New Frequencies -- 2.10.2 Terahertz Generation Through χ2 -- 2.10.3 THz Scientific Experimentation Techniques -- 2.10.4 Practical Applications of THz Waves -- 2.11 Review. Chapter 3 Extending Coherence Lengths -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.1.1 Understanding Phase Matching -- 3.1.2 Phases and Optical Waves -- 3.1.3 How to Phase Match -- 3.2 How Important Is Matching Phases? -- 3.2.1 Phase-Matching Coherence Length -- 3.2.2 Refractive Index Dispersion -- 3.2.3 Compare SH Intensity: Phase Match vs. Mismatch -- 3.2.4 Define Phase Mismatch Coherence Length -- 3.3 Experimental Demonstration of SHG With/Without PM -- 3.3.1 Solutions: How to Phase Match -- 3.3.2 Possible Phase-Match Experimental Approaches -- 3.3.3 Phase-Match Requirements in Crystal Quartz -- 3.3.4 Anisotropic Crystals in SHG -- 3.3.5 Can Crystal Quartz Phase-Match? -- 3.4 Anisotropic Crystals -- 3.4.1 Light Propagation Through Crystals -- 3.4.2 Visualizing Uniaxial Crystal Geometry -- 3.4.3 Explain the First SHG Results in Crystal Quartz -- 3.5 Anisotropic Crystals for SHG Phase Matching -- 3.5.1 Determining Index of Refraction in Anisotropic Crystals -- 3.5.2 Propagation in Crystal at Variable Angle to Optic Axis -- 3.5.3 Calculating Refractive Index for Extraordinary Ray -- 3.5.4 Available Anisotropic Crystals for SHG -- 3.6 Quasi-Phase Matching -- 3.6.1 No Phase-Match: Power Oscillates -- 3.6.2 Calculate Peak SH Field -- 3.6.3 Thoughts About Quasi-Phase Matching -- 3.6.4 Can QPM Be Efficient? -- 3.6.5 QPM Intensity Compared to PM -- 3.7 Challenge of Alternating SHG Domains -- 3.7.1 Periodic Domain Reversal -- 3.8 Periodically-Poled Lithium Niobate (PPLN) -- 3.8.1 Some Advanced Materials with Promise -- 3.8.2 Applications for SHG in Waveguides -- 3.8.3 "Green Laser" Pointer from SHG -- 3.9 Gaussian Beam Diffraction -- 3.9.1 Limits to SHG from Beam Expansion -- 3.9.2 Gaussian Beam Characteristics -- 3.9.3 Distance Dependence of Gaussian Beam Parameters -- 3.9.4 What is the Best Design for SH in the Presence of Diffraction?. 3.10 Resonators for Enhanced SHG: Fabry-Perot Interferometer -- 3.10.1 Optical Cavity -- 3.10.2 Fabry-Perot Interferometer -- 3.10.3 Summary Equations: FPI on Resonance -- 3.10.4 Laser-Cavity Electric-Field Enhancement -- 3.11 Cavity Enhancement in Green Laser Pointer -- Chapter 4 Optical Parametric Amplification -- 4.1 Optical Parametric Amplifier: Tunable Source of Coherent Light -- 4.1.1 Nonlinear Interactions Between Photons and Atoms/Molecules -- 4.1.2 Basic Concept of Optical Parametric Interactions -- 4.1.3 OPA Historical Origins in Electrical Engineering -- 4.1.4 Parametric Processes for Practical Signal Processing -- 4.1.5 Nonlinear Interactions Between Materials and Photons -- 4.1.6 Optical Parametric Amplifiers from Light Scattering Perspective -- 4.2 Optical Parametric Amplifiers: Engineering Perspective -- 4.2.1 Understanding Optical Parametric Amplification -- 4.2.2 Relevant Frequencies -- 4.2.3 Stimulated Emission as Alternate Amplifier -- 4.2.4 Laser Amplifiers -- 4.3 Amplification by Parametric Nonlinearities -- 4.3.1 Idler Wave in Amplifiers -- 4.3.2 Mathematical Analysis of OPA -- 4.3.3 Uncoupling the Differential Equations -- 4.3.4 Intensity Growth for Different Frequencies -- 4.3.5 OPA Gain -- 4.4 OPA as Reverse of Difference Frequency Generation -- 4.5 Understanding Parametric Oscillators -- 4.5.1 Solve for OPO Signal and Idler Fields in FPI Cavity -- 4.5.2 sinh(gz) and cosh(gz) Trial Solutions for Cavity Electric Field -- 4.5.3 FPI Pump Intensity Threshold for OPO -- 4.5.4 Frequency Selection for OPO -- 4.6 Operating an OPO System -- 4.6.1 The First OPO -- 4.6.2 Evaluation of Experimental Results -- 4.6.3 Some Reported Design Features -- 4.7 OPO Is OPA in Optical Cavity -- 4.7.1 Optical Parametric Oscillator: Theoretical Analysis -- 4.7.2 Idler Wave Stays in Sync. 4.7.3 Review: Growth of Signal and Idler in an OPA, No Depletion.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9911018954703321

Autore	Stegeman G. I
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, 2012
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (490 p.)
Disciplina	621.36/94
Altri autori (Persone)	StegemanRobert A
Collana	Wiley series in pure and applied optics
Soggetto topico	Nonlinear optics Light - Scattering
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-118-27146-7 1-118-26803-2 1-280-88000-7 9786613721310 1-118-26612-9
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	pt. A. Second-order phenomena -- pt. B. Nonlinear susceptibilities -- pt. C. Third-order phenomena.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910462059603321