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Introduction to nonlinear optics of photonic crystals and metamaterials /

Introduction to Nonlinear Optics of Photonic Crystals and Metamaterials, Second Edition presents concise examples illustrating the basic principles of the field, embedding a discussion of current and future device applications in a theoretical account of the non-linear behaviour of light at nanoscal...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McGurn, Arthur (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol [England] (Temple Circus, Temple Way, Bristol BS1 6HG, UK) : IOP Publishing, [2021]
Edición:Second edition.
Colección:IOP (Series). Release 21.
IOP ebooks. 2021 collection.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 1.1. Photonic crystals
  • 1.2. Metamaterials
  • 1.3. Negative index of refraction
  • 1.4. Perfect lenses
  • 1.5. Periodicity
  • 1.6. Excitations in nonlinear media
  • 1.7. Systems with defects and disorder
  • 2. A simple model of nonlinear dielectrics
  • 3. Basic properties of photonic crystals
  • 3.0. Comparison of free space and periodic media solutions
  • 3.1. Plane wave method
  • 3.2. Wannier function method
  • 3.3. Computer simulation methods
  • 3.4. Surfaces
  • 3.5. Fiber Bragg gratings
  • 4. Basic properties of metamaterials
  • 4.1. Properties of SRRs and SRR arrays
  • 4.2. Negative refractive index metamaterials
  • 4.3. Refraction at the interface between positive and negative index media
  • 5. Nonlinearity in photonic crystal and metamaterial waveguides
  • 5.1. SRR metamaterials
  • 5.2. Photonic crystal waveguides
  • 6. Nonlinear differential equations in physics and their soliton solutions
  • 7. Difference equations in physics
  • 7.1. Nonlinear photonic crystals and SRR metamaterials
  • 7.2. Bright soliton-like solutions
  • 7.3. Dark and gray soliton solutions
  • 7.4. Continuum limits
  • 8. Additional aspects and applications of nonlinearity
  • 8.1. Optical bistability
  • 8.2. Transmission through barriers of nonlinear optical media
  • 9. Basic applications : Kerr media, second harmonic generation, parametric oscillation and amplification
  • 9.1. Transfer matrix methods : linear and Kerr nonlinear media
  • 9.2. Nonlinearity in higher-dimensional photonic crystals and surface gratings
  • 9.3. Generation of second harmonics
  • 9.4. Some symmetry properties of the second harmonic tensor
  • 9.5. Parametric oscillation and amplification : frequency sums
  • 9.6. SRRs revisited
  • 10. Disordered systems : site impurities and random media
  • 10.1. Sites and clusters and off-channel interactions
  • 10.2. Anderson localization.