Non-Linear Pulses in Integrated and Waveguide Optics: (3 Oxford Series in Optical and Imaging Sciences)

This is a self-contained introduction to a new field of applied physics on the frontier between integrated optics and non-linear wave dynamics. It is intended to help make use of the novel phenomena of non-linear optics in the design of new all-optial circuits. The book mainly deals with third-order non-linear optical phenomena in layered structures, guiding interfaces, and channel waveguides. In particular attention is drawn to the concepts of energy dependent periodicity, gyrotropy, reflection, mode conversion, and non-reciprocity. An indespensable text for those requiring a structured explanation of the phenomena as well as information about the latest advances in a new generation of devices.

Table of Contents:
1. Fundamental of intensity-dependent phase phenomena for CW operations in waveguide circuits ; 1.1 Introduction ; 1.2 Basic non-linear phase effects in bulk isotropic media ; 1.3 Controlled excitement of modes in the waveguide ; 1.4 Nonlinear phase effects in planar and rectangular waveguides ; 1.5 Amplitude-phase self-modulation of travelling mode close to cutoff ; 1.6 Non-linear coupling of modes in fibres ; 1.7 Tuning of powerful waves in single-core waveguide couplers ; 1.8 Tunable non-reciprocal dispersive elements in waveguide circuits ; 1.9 Hysteretic variations of mode parameters in narrow-banded resonant systems ; 2. Non-linear interfaces in optical systems ; 2.1 Introduction ; 2.2 Power-dependent generalization of Fresnel's law ; 2.3 Spatial self-modulation of refracted and reflected fields ; 2.4 Plane diffractive optical elements for tuning of amplitude-phase structure of illuminated area ; 2.5 Thermic tuning of the resonant reflectivity of semiconductor interface ; 2.6 Amplitude-phase shaping of pulses due to temporal modulation of the reflectivity of a magnetoplasm layer ; 2.7 Coatings for non-linear interfaces ; 3. Dispersive non-linear pulse phenomena in guiding circuits ; 3.1 Introduction ; 3.2 Physical foudnations of the dynamics of powerful localized waves in dispersive systems ; 3.3 Non-linear Schrodinger equation for the lossless model of a waveguide ; 3.4 Threshold phenomena in non-linear pulse dynamics ; 3.5 Controlled and random modulation in the stabilization of localized wave fields ; 3.6 Dispersion-dependent absorption of powerful waves ; 3.7 Non-linear geometric optics of waveguides ; 3.8 Pulse-pulse interactions in fibres ; 3.9 Shaping of non-soliton pulses in guiding systems ; References ; Index