Description
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. Fundamentals of Nonlinear Optics; C. Flytzanis. Nonlinear Phenomena in Optical Fibres; N.J. Doran. Giant Optical Nonlinearities in Nematic Liquid Crystals; E. Santamato. Photo-Induced Refractive Index Changes in Bulk Semiconductors; H.M. van Driel. Nonlinear Optical Effects in Active Semiconductor Devices; P. Spano. Electron States in Biased Heterostructures; R. Ferreira, G. Bastard. Quantum Well Optical Switching Devices; D.A.B. Miller. Integrated Optics and All-Optical Waveguide Switching; G. Stegeman, P. LiKamWa. Digital Optical Computing; B.S. Wherrett.
