Spatial Hysteresis and Optical Patterns (Springer Series in Synergetics) - Hardcover

Rosanov, Nikolay N.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3540427937 ISBN 13: 9783540427933

Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K, 2002

Synopsis

In the book, which seems to be the first monograph devoted to opti­ cal patterns, I attempt to demonstrate that the variety of optical patterns and other synergetical phenomena is especially rich in spatially distributed bistable systems, and that instabilities of homogeneous states are not neces­ sary for the formation of the patterns.

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The book is devoted to the study of optical patterns and to optical bistability and hysteresis. In its methodology it is at the intersection of investigations in synergetics and modern nonlinear optics. This first monograph on optical patterns addresses researchers as well as students. The author studies the rich class of spatially distributed bistable optical systems, and especially dissipative optical solitons which resemble molecules, crystals or biological objects when combined. The author studies further the inhomogeneities of bistable systems and gives a consistent description of spatial hysteresis. Further topics include diffractive mechanisms for coupling, three-dimensional optical solitons, quantum aspects and optical information processing, lasers with a saturable absorber, non-linear waveguides and fibers with nonlinear gain or losses.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3540427937
• ISBN 13: 9783540427933
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 320