Nonlinearities in Periodic Structures and Metamaterials

292 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

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.

• Reihe: Springer Series in Optical Sciences
• Themen: Mathematik und Naturwissenschaften Physik Elektrizität, Magnetismus und Elektromagnetismus
• ISBN: 9783642261336
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 04.05.2012
• Größe: 23.5 x 15.5 cm
• Verlag: Springer Berlin
• Herausgegeben von: Cornelia Denz, Sergej Flach, Yuri S. Kivshar