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Nonlinear surface electromagnetic phenomena /
In recent years the physics of electromagnetic surface phenomena has developed rapidly, evolving into technologies for communications and industry, such as fiber and integrated optics. The variety of phenomena based on electromagnetism at surfaces is rich and this book was written with the aim of su...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; New York : New York, NY, USA :
North-Holland ; Sole distributors for the USA and Canada, Elsevier Science Pub. Co.,
1991.
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| Colección: | Modern problems in condensed matter sciences ;
v. 29. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Nonlinear Surface Electromagnetic Phenomena; Copyright Page; Preface to the series; Preface; Table of Contents; Chapter 1. Second-order nonlinear guided wave interactions; 1. Introduction; 2. Coupled-mode analysis of second-order nonlinear interactions; 3. Nonlinear materials and waveguides; 4. Phase matching in waveguide structures; 5. Overlap of modal fields; 6. Second-harmonic generation (SHG); 7. Sum and difference frequency generation (DFG); parametric amplification; 8. Spontaneous parametric fluorescence; 9. Parametric oscillation; 10. Conclusions; References
- Chapter 2. Third-order nonlinear electromagnetic TE and TM guided waves1. Introduction; 2. Nonlinear coupling of linear waveguide modes; 3. Nonlinear TE and TM waves at planar interfaces: Kerr regime; 4. Nonlinear guided waves in non-Kerr media; 5. Numerical studies of nonlinear TE and TM stationary waves at planar interfaces; 6. Numerical studies of nonstationary NGW-phenomena; References; Chapter 3. The problem of stability and excitation of nonlinear surface waves; Introduction; 1. Formulation of the problem of stability; 2. Nonlinear surface waves on a single interface
- 3. Evolution of nonlinear surface waves beyond the framework of the linear approximation4. On the stability of modes in a symmetric waveguide; 5. On the evolution of unstable modes of the symmetric waveguide; 6. Excitation of nonlinear surface waves; 7. Conclusion; References; Chapter 4. Nonlinear waves and switching effects at nonlinear interfaces; 1. Introduction; 2. Plane-wave theoretical formalism; 3. Positive nonlinearities; 4. Negative nonlinearities: longitudinally inhomogeneous traveling waves (LITW); 5. Experiments; 6. Conclusions; Note added in proof; References
- Chapter 5. Second-order nonlinear optical effects at surfaces and interfaces1. Introduction; 2. Macroscopic description; 3. Experiment; 4. Microscopic models; 5. Concluding remarks; References; Chapter 6. Nonlinear surface magnetoplasma polaritons in semiconductors; 1. Introduction; 2. Basic considerations and experimental set-up; 3. Nonlinear effects; 4. Conclusion; References; Chapter 7. Light scattering from phonons and spin waves on surfaces; 1. Introductory remarks; 2. General comments on light scattering from surfaces
- 3. Brillouin scattering from acoustical phonons in thin films and multilayer structures4. Raman scattering from optical phonons and polaritons in thin films and multilayer structures; 5. Light scattering by spin waves in thin films and multilayer structures; References; Chapter 8. Surface magnetic and structural phase transitions; 1. Introduction; 2. Order-disorder transitions; 3. Orientational transitions; 4. The role of fluctuations; 5. Structural phase transitions; 6. Conclusion; References; Chapter 9. Laser-induced surface gratings; Introduction