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" Nonlinear optical systems / "
Luigi Lugiato, Università degli Studi dell'Insubria, Italy, Franco Prati, Università degli Studi dell'Insubria, Italy, Massimo Brambilla, Politecnico di Bari, Italy.
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838924
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Lugiato, L. A., (Luigi A.),1944-
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Nonlinear optical systems /\ Luigi Lugiato, Università degli Studi dell'Insubria, Italy, Franco Prati, Università degli Studi dell'Insubria, Italy, Massimo Brambilla, Politecnico di Bari, Italy.
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Cambridge, United Kingdom :: Cambridge University Press,, 2015.
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xiv, 454 pages :: illustrations ;; 26 cm
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1107062675
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: 9781107062672
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9781316236697 (PDF ebook)
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"The volume is addressed to students and teachers of graduate courses and researchers in the areas of nonlinear optics, laser physics/quantum electronics/photonics and dynamics of nonlinear optic systems"--Preface.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 425-446) and index.
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The rate-equation model for the laser -- The interaction of a system of two-level atoms with the electromagnetic field -- The Maxwell-Bloch equations -- Inclusion of the irreversible processes in the atomic equations -- Propagation in irreversible Maxwell-Bloch equations -- Optical nonlinearities. Materials with quadratic nonlinearities -- Optical nonlinearities. Materials with cubic nonlinearities -- Optical resonators. The planar ring cavity. Empty cavity. Linear cavity -- A nonlinear active ring cavity: the ring laser, stationary states -- The adiabatic elimination principle -- A nonlinear passive ring cavity: optical bistability -- Model equations for the ring cavity. The single-mode model -- Single- and two-mode models -- Nonlinear dynamics in Fabry-Perot cavities -- Inhomogeneous broadening -- The semiconductor laser -- Lasers without inversion and the effects of atomic coherence -- Some general aspects in nonlinear dissipative dynamical systems -- Special limits in the single-mode model -- The linear-stability analysis of the Maxwell-Bloch equations -- Adiabatic elimination in the complete Maxwell-Bloch equations -- Dynamical aspects in the laser -- Single-mode and multimode operation in inhomogeneously broadened lasers -- Dynamical aspects in optical bistability -- Self-pulsing in other optical systems -- Gaussian beams and modes of cavities with spherical mirrors -- General features about optical pattern formation in planar cavities -- The Lugiato-Lefever model -- Spatial patterns in cavities with spherical mirrors -- Cavity solitons -- Appendixes: A. The Routh-Hurwitz stability criterion -- B. Calculation of the oscillatory instability boundary -- C. Coefficients of the characteristic equation (20.20) -- D. Derivation of equations (20.27) and (20.28) -- E. Coefficients of equations (20.60) and (20.61) -- F. The exact boundary of the Risken-Nummedal-Graham-Haken instability -- G. Nonlinear analysis of the roll solution.
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Nonlinear optics.
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Photonics.
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Quantum electronics.
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Nichtlineare Optik
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Nonlinear optics.
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Photonics.
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Photonik
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Quantum electronics.
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535/.2
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QC446.2.L84 2015
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Brambilla, Massimo
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Prati, Franco
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