Author : Cornelia Denz
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ISBN 13 : 9783642020674
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (26 download)
Book Synopsis Nonlinearities in Periodic Structures and Metamaterials by : Cornelia Denz
Download or read book Nonlinearities in Periodic Structures and Metamaterials written by Cornelia Denz and published by . This book was released on 2011-04-11 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Optical information processing of the future is associated with a new generation of compact nanoscale optical devices operating entirely with light. Moreover, adaptive features such as self-guiding, reconfiguration and switching become more and more important. Nonlinear devices offer an enormous potential for these applications. Consequently, innovative concepts for all-optical communication and information technologies based on nonlinear effects in photonic-crystal physics and nanoscale devices as metamaterials are of high interest. This book focuses on nonlinear optical phenomena in periodic media, such as photonic crystals, optically-induced, adaptive lattices, atomic lattices or metamaterials. The main purpose is to describe and overview new physical phenomena that result from the interplay between nonlinearities and structural periodicities and is a guide to actual and future developments for the expert reader in optical information processing, as well as in the physics of cold atoms in optical lattices.