Transverse-Pattern Formation in Photorefractive Optics (Springer Tracts in Modern Physics)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: November 13, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 332
ISBN-13: 9783540021094
Subjects: Optics (light); Science; Science/Mathematics; Solid State Physics; Nonlinear Physics; Nonlinear and photorefractive optics; Spatial optical solitons; Spontaneous pattern formation; Technology / Material Science; Optics; Physics; Nonlinear optics; Pattern formation (Physical sc; Pattern formation (Physical sciences); Photorefractive materials
First sentence: The propagation of a light beam through a nonlinear medium is the simplest scenario that one could imagine for light-matter interaction, but it is accompanied by a series of dramatic and fascinating changes in the spatio-temporal structure of the beam.
Description: The book gives an overview of actual developments in nonlinear photorefractive optics and is intended for scientists working in the field of optics or nonlinear physics. It is meant as an introduction to actual exciting discoveries in this area, with special emphasize on transverse effects such as spatial soliton formation and interaction, spontaneous pattern formation, and pattern competition in active feedback systems. In all these areas, different aspects of potential applications, such as wave guiding in adaptive photorefractive solitons and techniques for pattern control for information processing, are described. Experimental realizations demonstrate the variety of photorefractive patterns, and different two-dimensional simulations prove the experimental observations.