Nonlinearities in Periodic Structures and Metamaterials

Cornelia Denz (Curatore)

Sergej Flach (Curatore)

Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG, 2009

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.

• Curatore: Cornelia Denz, Sergej Flach
• Editore: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
• Collana: Springer Series in Optical Sciences
• Anno: 2009
• Rilegatura: Hardback
• Pagine: 292 p.
• Dimensioni: 235 x 155 mm
• EAN: 9783642020650

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