Transverse Patterns in Nonlinear Optical Resonators

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Staliunas, Kestutis (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Sánchez-Morcillo, V.J (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2003.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2003.
• Σειρά: Springer Tracts in Modern Physics, 183
• Θέματα: Condensed matter.; Quantum optics.; Lasers.; Photonics.; Condensed Matter Physics.; Quantum Optics.; Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices.

 This book is devoted to the formation and dynamics of localized structures (vortices, solitons) and of extended patterns (stripes, hexagons, tilted waves) in nonlinear optical resonators such as lasers, optical parametric oscillators, and the like. Theoretical analysis is performed by deriving order parameter equations, and also through numerical integration of microscopic models of the systems under investigation. Experimental observations, and possible technological implementations of transverse optical patterns are also discussed. A comparison with patterns found in other nonlinear systems, both optical systems and extended systems in general, is given. 

 Order Parameter Equations for Lasers -- Order Parameter Equations for Other Nonlinear Resonators -- Zero Detuning: Laser Hydrodynamics and Optical Vortices -- Finite Detuning: Vortex Sheets and Vortex Lattices -- Resonators with Curved Mirrors -- The Restless Vortex -- Domains and Spatial Solitons -- Subcritical Solitons I: Saturable Absorber -- Subcritical Solitons II: Nonlinear Resonance -- Phase Domains and Phase Solitons -- Turing Patterns in Nonlinear Optics -- Three-Dimensional Patterns -- Patterns and Noise.