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Theoretical problems in cavity nonlinear optics

By Paul Mandel

Book information

Publisher
CUP
Year
1997
ISBN
9780521553858, 0521553857
LCC
QC446.2 .M37 1997
Open Library ID
OL977972M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
2 MB (1670019 bytes)
Series
Cambridge Studies in Modern Optics
Pages
200\200
Topic
Physics Optics
Library
Kolxo3
DPI
300
Time added
2010-07-29 05:14:56

Description

The scientific and technological importance of lasers has generated great interest in the field of cavity nonlinear optics. This book provides a thorough description of this subject in terms of modern dynamical systems theory, with an emphasis on deriving analytical results and highlighting their physical significance. The book applies physical models for active and passive cavities to a variety of problems in laser theory, optical bistability and parametric oscillators. Subjects include scaling laws, Hopf bifurcations, passive Q-switching, and Turing instabilities. Several of the topics treated cannot be found in other books, including swept control parameter dynamics, laser stability, multimode rate equations, and antiphase dynamics. The book stresses the connections between theoretical work and actual experimental results, and will be of great interest to graduate students and researchers in theoretical physics, nonlinear optics, and laser physics.

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