Nonlinear Optics for the Information Society Book

The role of nonlinear optical devices in the optical communication age; L. Dalton. Non-linear optical technology in present and future transmission systems and optical networks; D. Erasme. Second-Order NLO Devices. Wavelength conversion, optical parametric amplification and oscillation in periodically poled Ti:LiNbO3 optical waveguides; W. Sohler, et al. Enhanced nonlinear optical response of liquid crystals; F. Simoni, et al. Characterization of AlGaAs/AlAs waveguides for optical parametric generation; G. Leo, et al. Quantum Communication and All-Optical Devices. Nonlinear optics for quantum communication; H. Zbinden. All-optical diode in a quasi phase matched LiNbO3 waveguide; K.R. Parameswaran, et al. Feasibility of all-optical computation by second harmonic generated holograms; A. Andreoni, et al. All-optical wavelength conversion by four wave mixing in a polydiacetylene waveguide; D. Grando, et al. All-optical switching devices in integrated optics cylindrical microresonators; An experimental feasibility study; D.J.W. Klunder, et al. Novel Applications of Nonlinear Materials/PBG. Photonic band gap structures in planar nonlinear waveguides: Application to second harmonic generation; M. Bertolotti, C. Sibilia. Photonic band gap logic elements for optical data processing; I. Nefedov, et al. Silicon microphotonics; P.G. Kik, et al. Semiconductor optical amplifier dynamics for wavelength conversion applications; R. Gutiérrez-Gastrejón, et al. Optical Memories. Optical data storage using microholographic gratings; S. Orloc, H.J. Eichler. High rate vander Lugt and joint Fourier transform correlators; R. Ryf, et al. Rewritable optical storage by polarization holography; F. Ujhelyi, et al. Nonlinear magneto-optical probing of ultrathin magnetic layer interfaces: CoNi/Pt and D Co/Cu; K. Bal, et al. Poster Sessions. Hybrid soliton fibre laser characterisation; J.-E.P.C. Communal, et al. Progress in hologram writing in Bi2TeO5 crystals; I. Földvári, et al. Distributed response analysis of the water dimer; M. in het Panhuis, et al. Polymethineimine chains as new materials presenting large first hyperpolarizability; D. Jacquemin, B. Champagne. Numerical analysis of optical nonlinearities in multispan DWDM fibre transmission systems; M. Marciniak, A. Sedlin. Nonlinear characterization of very thin polymer films by surface plasmon resonance; G. Margheri, et al. Cavity spatial solitons in semiconductor microcavities; M. Perrini, et al. Adaptive waveguides using photorefractive creening solitons; J. Petter, et al. Vibrational first and second hyperpolarizability of H-C≡N; O. Quinet, B. Champagne. Mode propagation along the multilayered optical fibre with Kerr like non-linearity; E.A. Romanova, et al. Numerical study of optical bistability in a nonlinear photonic crystal notch filter; R. Stoffer, Y.S. Kivshar. A low-dimensional model for deformation of bichromatic waves in third order nonlinear media; A. Suryanto, et al. 7 Additional Chapters.