Chen Z., Morandotti R. (Eds.) Nonlinear Photonics and Novel Optical Phenomena

Springer-Verlag New York 2012. — 384 p. — (Springer Series in Optical Sciences 170). — ISBN: 978-1-4614-3537-2 (Print) 978-1-4614-3538-9 (Online).Nonlinear Photonics and Novel Optical Phenomena contains contributed chapters from leading experts in nonlinear optics and photonics, and provides a comprehensive survey of fundamental concepts as well as hot topics in current research on nonlinear optical waves and related novel phenomena. The book covers self-accelerating airy beams, integrated photonics based on high index doped-silica glass, linear and nonlinear spatial beam dynamics in photonic lattices and waveguide arrays, the theory of polariton solitons in semiconductor microcavities, and Terahertz waves.Inclusive of cutting-edge research on nonlinear photonics and optical phenomena
Connects optical theory with the latest research results on hot topics such as non-linear optical waves
Contributions from leading experts worldwide in nonlinear optics and photonicsSelf-accelerating Airy Beams: Generation, Control, and Applications
Advanced Integrated Photonics in Doped Silica Glass
Linear and Nonlinear Wave Dynamics in Amorphous Photonic Lattices
Nonlinear Control of Multicolor Beams in Coupled Optical Waveguides
Spatial Beam Dynamics Mediated by Hybrid Nonlinearity
Theory of Polariton Solitons in Semiconductor Microcavities
Observation of True Optical Vortices in a Laser System
Scale-Free optics
Spatially Dispersive Shock Waves in Nonlinear Optics
Nonlinear Interaction of Intense Ultrashort Filaments
The Dawn of Ultrafast Nonlinear Optics in the Terahertz Regime
Generation of Terahertz Radiation via Purcell-Enhanced Nonlinear Frequency Mixing
Photonic Transition in Nanophotonics