Waveguide Nonlinear-Optic Devices
By: by Toshiaki Suhara, Masatoshi Fujimura
Contributors: Fujimura, Masatoshi
Series: Springer Series in Photonics -- 11; Springer Series in Photonics -- 11
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Berlin, Heidelberg
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 321
ISBN-13: 9783642056857; 9783662108727
Subjects: Electronics; Physics
Description: Nonlinear-optic (NLO) effects provide many device functions such as wavelength conversion and signal processing. The use of waveguides allows the implementation of efficient and compact devices. This book presents a systematic description of this area with an emphasis on devices that use ferroelectric waveguides. The earlier chapters give an introduction on the concepts of waveguides, NLO devices, coupled-mode formalism- and phase matching. Then, various NLO interactions and the related characteristics are elucidated. The fabrication of waveguides and structures for quasi-phase matching are then discussed. The text progresses to a survey of device implementations and applications. Short-wavelength-generation devices, wavelength converters for WDM photonic networks, optical parametric amplifiers, and ultrafast signal processing devices are discussed, including the most recent experimental results.
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Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Theoretical Background; title: Theoretical Analysis of Nonlinear Interactions; title: Nonlinear-Optic Interactions in an Optical Resonator; title: Quantum Theory of Nonlinear-Optic Devices; title: Waveguide Fabrication and Characteristics; title: Fabrication of QPM Structures; title: Second-Harmonic Generation Devices; title: Difference-Frequency Generation Devices; title: Optical Parametric Amplifiers and Oscillators; title: Ultrafast Signal Processing Devices.