Nonlinearities in periodic structures and metamaterials

Optical information processing of the future is associated with a new generation of compact nanoscale optical devices operating entirely with light. Moreover, adaptive features such as self-guiding, reconfiguration and switching become more and more important. Nonlinear devices offer an enormous potential for these applications. Consequently, innovative concepts for all-optical communication and information technologies based on nonlinear effects in photonic-crystal physics and nanoscale devices as metamaterials are of high interest. This book focuses on nonlinear optical phenomena in periodic media, such as photonic crystals, optically-induced, adaptive lattices, atomic lattices or metamaterials. The main purpose is to describe and overview new physical phenomena thatresult from the interplay between nonlinearities and structural periodicitiesand is a guide to actual and future developments for the expert reader in optical information processing, as well as in the physics of cold atoms in optical lattices. INDICE: Introduction.- General Theory.- Waveguide Arrays.- Nonlinear Optics in Photonic Crystals.- Optically-Induced Photonic Lattices.- Matter-Wave Solitons in Optical Lattices.- Novel Periodic Materials

• ISBN: 978-3-642-02065-0
• Editorial: Springer
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 294
• Fecha Publicación: 05/08/2009
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés