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1 online resource : text file, PDF |
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Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1. Fundamentals of nonlinear optics; Introduction; 1.1. Polarization of dielectrics in a constant electric field; 1.2. Polarization of an isotropic dielectric in a light field; 1.3. Interaction of high intensity electromagnetic fields with the nonlinear medium; 1.3.1. Generation of the second harmonics; 1.3.2. The phase synchronism condition; 1.3.3. Generation of the second optical harmonic (SHG; 1.4. The Kerr effect in a nonlinear medium; 1.4.1. Static Kerr effect; 1.4.2. Dynamic (optical) Kerr effect |
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1.5. Kerr self-focusing of light in a nonlinear medium1.6. Plasma self-focusing; 1.7. Phase self-modulation of light radiation; Chapter 2. Filamentation phenomena and generation of supercontinuum in propagation of laser pulses in a nonlinear medium; Introduction; 2.2. Filamentation of pulsed radiation in gaseous media; 2.3. Filamentation of laser radiation in the atmosphere; Chapter 3. Photonic crystals; Introduction; 3.1. Band gaps of photonic crystals; 3.2. Defects in photonic crystals; 3.3. Photonic crystal fibres; 3.3.1. Bragg fibre optic lightguides; 3.3.2. 2D-photonic crystal fibres |
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Chapter 4. Nonlinear optics of fibre waveguidesIntroduction; 4.1. Nonlinear optical processes in optical fibres; 4.2. Waveguide enhancement of the efficiency of nonlinear optical processes in fibre guides; 4.3. Phase self-modulation of radiation in optical fibres; 4.4. Effect of dispersion on nonlinear processes in optical fibres; 4.5. Phase cross-modulation of pulses in fibre guides; 4.6. Four-wave mixing of waves; 4.7. Stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) radiation in optical fibres; 4.8. Stimulated Mandel'shtam-Brillouin scattering in optical fibres |
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4.9. The propagation of ultrashort laser pulses in optical fibres4.9.1. Pumping in the region of normal dispersion; 4.9.2. Pumping in the region of anomalous dispersion; 4.10. Generation of a supercontinuum in optical fibres; 4.11. Nonlinear properties of photonic crystal fibres; 4.11.1. Dispersive properties of microstructured (MS) optical fibres; 4.11.2. Generation of a supercontinuum in MS optical fibres, for which the pump pulse wavelength lies in the region of anomalous dispersion |
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4.11.3. Generation of supercontinuum in MS fibre lightguides in pumping in the region of normal dispersion4.11.4. Generation of supercontinuum in MS optical fibres having two zero-dispersion wavelengths; 4.11.5. Nonlinear optical properties of holey PC optical fibres; Chapter 5. Fibre lasers; Introduction; 5.1. The principle of the fibre laser; 5.1.1. Active optical fibres; 5.1.2. Resonators of fibre lasers; 5.1.2.1. Fabry-Perot type resonators; 5.1.2.2. Ring fibre resonators; 5.1.2.3. Resonator based on fibre Bragg gratings |
| Summary |
"This book cover advances in the study of processes of nonlinear propagation of continuous and pulsed laser radiation in a continuous and micro structured optical media. It detailsdistributed fiber-optical measuring systems, the physical basis of ultra-low laser cooling of atoms, and studies of optical and nonlinear optical properties of nanostructured heterogeneous systems."--Provided by publisher |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Optics.
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Optoelectronics.
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Chemistry, Physical and theoretical.
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Chemistry, Physical
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optics.
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physical chemistry.
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Chemistry, Physical and theoretical
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Optics
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Optoelectronics
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781351251501 |
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1351251503 |
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9781351251495 |
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135125149X |
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9781351251488 |
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1351251481 |
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