Book Description:
Nonlinear optics (NLO) is the branch of optics that describes the behaviour of light in nonlinear media, that is, media in which the dielectric polarization P responds nonlinearly to the electric field E of the light. This nonlinearity is typically only observed at very high light intensities such as those provided by pulsed lasers. Nonlinear optics is of considerable research interest since it includes: Free space and guided wave nonlinear optics; Weak (second and third order etc. effects) and strong (non-perturbative)nonlinearities; Fast (electronic fs timescale)and slow (thermal ms timescale) nonlinearities; Novel nonlinear materials; Numerical simulation of nonlinear optical propagation; Applications of nonlinear optics in fields such as signal processing, optical communications, holographic memory and soliton phenomena. This new book provides the latest research from around the globe in this fast-moving field.

Table of Contents:
Preface

On the Dynamics of Dispersion-Managed Fiber Systems with Zero Hamiltonian
(A.B. Moubissi, Unité de Recherche en Physique, Université des Sciences et Techniques de Masuku, Gabon, K. Nakkeeran, Abdosllam M. Abobaker, School of Engineering, Fraser Noble Building, King's College, University of Aberdeen, UK)

Nonlinear Optical Logic Using Active Mach-Zehnder Interferometers
(F. Ramos, J. M. Martinez, R. Clavero, Nanophotonics Technology Center, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain, et al.)

Dynamical Diffraction and Nonlinear Optical Processes in the Hard X-Ray Frequency Region
(A. Nazarkin, Institute for Optics, Information and Photonics, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany, S.G. Podorov, School of Physics, Monash University, Australia)

Nonlinearities in Optical Amplifiers for Optical Communication
Systems and Networks
(Surinder Singh, Electronics and Communication Engineering Department
Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering and Technology, India)

Modeling of Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers and Application to All-Optical Interferometric Switches Functionalities
(K.E. Zoiros, Democritus University of Thrace, School of Engineering, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Greece)

Recent Developments in Optical Parametric Amplifiers and Characterization of Ultrafast Pulses
(Ambika Nautiyal and Prem B. Bisht, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India)

Revealing Non-classical Features in an Analytically Solvable
Time-dependent Three-level Atom Interacting with Two-mode Intelligent States
(A.S.F. Obada, Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science,
Al-Azhar University, Egypt, M. Sebawe Abdalla, Mathematics Department, College of Science, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia, S. Abdel-Khalek, M. Abdel-Aty, Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Sohag University, Egypt)

Some Aspects of Entanglement and Fidelity of Isotropic Coupled
Oscillators
(M. Abdel-Aty, Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Sohag
University, Egypt, M. Sebawe Abdalla, Mathematics Department, College of Science, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia, A.S.F. Obada, Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Egypt)

Third Order Nonlinear Optical Properties of Metallophthalocyanines (MPcs)
(Beata Derkowska, Institute of Physics, Nicholas Copernicus University, Poland)

Optical Parametric Oscillation Processes Based on Quantum Optics Theory
(Yung-Sheng Huang, Department of Electrical Engineering, I-Shou University, Taiwan)

Nonlinear Optics Application Research Progress on Photonic Crystals
(Ming Chen, Information and Communication College, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, China, Department of Electronic Engineering, Tsinghua University, China)

Spontaneous Emission Rates of a Single-Impurity Molecule in Dependence on its Orientation in Birefringent Host Crystal
(Inna Rebane, Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, Estonia)

Index