Nonlinear Optical Materials and Devices for Applications in Information Technology

1. Auflage. Softcover version of original hardcover Auflage 1995
ISBN: 978-90-481-4544-7
Verlag: Springer Netherlands

Buch, Englisch, Band 289, 367 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 661 g

Reihe: NATO Science Series E:

Nonlinear Optical Materials and Devices for Applications in Information Technology takes the reader from fundamental interactions of laser light in materials to the latest developments of digital optical information processing. The book emphasises nonlinear optical interactions in bulk and low-dimensional semiconductors, liquid crystals and optical fibres. After establishing the basic laser--material interactions in these materials, it goes on to assess applications in soliton propagation, integrated optics, smart pixel arrays and digital optical computing.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Miller, A.

Daino, B.

Welford, K.R.

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Maschinenbau | Werkstoffkunde Technische Mechanik | Werkstoffkunde Materialwissenschaft: Elektronik, Optik
• Technische Wissenschaften Elektronik | Nachrichtentechnik Elektronik Halb- und Supraleitertechnologie
• Technische Wissenschaften Elektronik | Nachrichtentechnik Nachrichten- und Kommunikationstechnik Optische Nachrichtentechnik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Fundamentals of Nonlinear Optics.- Nonlinear Phenomena in Optical Fibres.- Giant Optical Nonlinearities in Nematic Liquid Crystals.- Photo-Induced Refractive Index Changes in Bulk Semiconductors.- Nonlinear Optical Effects in Active Semiconductor Devices.- Electron States in Biased Heterostructures.- Quantum Well Optical Switching Devices.- Integrated Optics and All-optical Waveguide Switching.- Digital Optical Computing.