Transverse-Pattern Formation in Photorefractive Optics

1. Auflage. Softcover version of original hardcover Auflage 2003
ISBN: 978-3-642-05693-2
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, Band 188, 334 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 540 g

Reihe: Springer Tracts in Modern Physics

Of interest to scientists working in the field of optics or nonlinear physics, this book gives an overview of current developments in nonlinear photorefractive optics. It dicusses exciting discoveries, with special emphasis on transverse effects such as spatial soliton formation and interaction, spontaneous pattern formation and pattern competition in active feedback systems. Different aspects of potential applications, such as wave guiding in adaptive photorefractive solitons and techniques for pattern control for information processing, are also described. The author Professor Denz received the Lise Meitner Prize in 1993 for her dissertation on photorefractive neural networks and in 1999 the Adolf Messer Prize for the development of an optical motion detection filter.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Denz, Cornelia

Weilnau, Carsten

Schwab, Michael

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Technische Optik, Lasertechnologie
• Technische Wissenschaften Sonstige Technologien | Angewandte Technik Angewandte Optik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Elektromagnetismus Quantenoptik, Nichtlineare Optik, Laserphysik
• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Physik, Chemie für Ingenieure

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction.- Light propagation in nonlinear optical media.- The photorefractive nonlinearity.- Spatial photorefractive solitons in anisotropic, saturable media.- Interaction of spatial solitons in saturable and photorefractive media.- Self-organized pattern formation in single-feedback systems.- Selection, manipulation and control of self-organized patterns.- Transverse patterns in active photorefractive oscillators.