Nonlinear Photonics: Nonlinearities in Optics, Optoelectronics and Fiber Communications Book

	Preface
	Acknowledgements
1	Optical Communication	1
1.1	A Brief History of the Development of Optical Fiber Technology	1
1.2	The Roles of Optoelectronics	7
1.3	The Information Age	9
2	Medium Equations and Electrical Susceptibilities in Nonlinear Photonics	13
2.1	Medium Equations in Nonlinear Photonics	14
2.2	The Classical Approach of Electrical Susceptibility	18
2.3	The Semiclassical Approach of Electrical Susceptibility and the Equations of Motion of the Density Operator	24
2.4	The Elements of the Density Matrix and of the Susceptibility Tensor	28
2.5	The General Properties of Nonlinear Susceptibility and of the Feynman Representations	36
2.6	Nonlinear Susceptibility in Optical Fibers and Semiconductors, and the Kramers-Kronig Relations	44
3	Wave Equations in Nonlinear Photonics	53
3.1	Electromagnetic Wave Propagation Equations in Nonlinear Photonics	53
3.2	Slowly Varying Amplitude and Nearly Planar Wave Approximations	57
3.3	Coupled-Wave Equations in Multiwave Interactions	58
3.4	Nonlinear Wave-Equations in Optical Fibers	63
3.5	Nonlinear Wave Equations in Semiconductors	71
4	Energy and Phase Relations in Nonlinear Photonics	75
4.1	Parametric and Nonparametric Processes in Nonlinear Photonics	76
4.2	Energy Conservation and Manley-Rowe Relations	78
4.3	Momentum Conservation and Perfect Phase-Matching	80
4.4	The Concept and Use of Quasi-Phase Matching	91
5	Some Standard Topics in Nonlinear Optics	101
5.1	Optical Second Harmonic Generation	102
5.2	Three-Wave Mixing Optical Parametric Processes	105
5.3	Optical Four-Wave Mixing and Optical Phase Conjugation	110
5.4	Nonlinear Light Scattering	118
6	Semiconductor and Quantum Well Nonlinear Photonics	131
6.1	Photon-Induced Nonlinearities and Some Fast Photonic Processes in Semiconductors	132
6.2	Franz-Keldysh Effects in Bulk Semiconductors	138
6.3	Particle State-Density Distributions in Quantum Wells	141
6.4	Unique Features of QW Lasers	153
6.5	Kramers-Kronig Relations in Quantum Well Materials	156
6.6	Quantum-Confined Stark Effects in Quantum Well Structures	160
7	Fiber Nonlinear Photonics	169
7.1	Group Velocity Dispersion and Pulse Broadening	171
7.2	Intensity-Induced Refractive Index and Phase Modulation	187
7.3	Periodically-Adjusted and Macro-Managed Transmission Systems	192
7.4	Nonlinear Optical Fiber Loop and Light-Leading-Light	203
8	Photonic Nonlinearities in Fiber Communications	211
8.1	Nonlinear Photonics in Fiber Transmission and Optical Networks, Accumulation of Undesirable Effects in Transparent Networks	211
8.2	Photonic Nonlinearities in Long-Distance Fiber Transmission	215
8.3	High-Speed and OTDM/Soliton Communication Using Nonlinear Effects	222
8.4	Nonlinear Effects on the WDM/DWDM OFC	225
9	Nonlinear Optical Wageguides	243
9.1	Second-Harmonic Generation	244
9.2	Nonlinear Optical Switching in Directional Couplers	249
9.3	Nonlinear Guided Waves	255
9.4	Concluding Remarks	266
10	Interdiffused Quantum Wells - Optical Properties and Device Applications, Part I	271
10.1	Introduction	271
10.2	Techniques and Mechanism in QW Interdiffusion	278
10.3	Band Structure of Interdiffused QWs	293
10.4	Intersubband Optical Transition in DFQW	301
11	Interdiffused Quantum Wells - Optical Properties and Device Applications, Part II	355
11.1	Interband Optical Properties of DFQW	355
11.2	Device Applications	372
11.3	Summary	388
	Appendices	395
	Problems	399
	About the Authors	407
	Index	411