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Nonlinearities in Periodic Structures and Metamaterials

By Detlef Kip , Milutin Stepić (auth.) , Cornelia Denz , Sergej Flach , Yuri S. Kivshar (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year
2010
ISBN
3642020658, 9783642020650
DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-02066-7
ISSN
0342-4111
Google Books ID
_yZZiBjE3ZYC
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
7 MB (7141583 bytes)
Series
Springer Series in Optical Sciences 150
Edition
1
Pages
292\295
Topic
Physics Optics
Scanned
no
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07
OpticsOptoelectronicsPhotonics;Optical and Electronic MaterialsPlasmonics and Optical Devices;Laser Technology

Description

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.

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