Progress in optics. Volume 44 (2002)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by E. Wolf ; contributors F. Kh. Abdullaev [and eight others].
• Other Names: Wolf, Emil
• Contents: Cover; Progress in Optics; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1. Chaotic dynamics in semiconductor lasers with optical feedback; 1. Introduction; 2. Semiconductor lasers as class-B lasers; 3. Theory of semiconductor lasers with optical feedback; 4. Chaotic dynamics in semiconductor lasers with optical feedback; 5. Some applications of semiconductor lasers with optical feedback; 6. Concluding remarks; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 2. Femtosecond pulses in optical fibers; Introduction; 1. Femtosecond pulses -- a brief overview; 2. Observation; 3. Manipulation. 4. Control 5. Photonic crystal fibers; 6. Final remarks; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 3. Instantaneous optics of ultrashort broadband pulses and rapidly varying media; Introduction; 1. Ultrashort EM pulses: how they are modeled, produced, measured; 2. Spatiotemporal reshaping of ultrashort pulses in stationary media; 3. Optics of instantaneous media; 4. Conclusion; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 4. Optical coherence tomography; 1. Introduction; 2. Principles of OCT; 3. OCT signal generation; 4. OCT contrast generation; 5. OCT resolution and sensitivity. 6. Light sources and delay lines 7. Conclusion; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 5. Modulational instability of electromagnetic waves in inhomogeneous and in discrete media; 1. Introduction; 2. MI in homogeneous media; 3. MI in periodically inhomogeneous media; 4. MI in random media; 5. MI in nonlinear discrete optical systems; 6. Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References; Author index for Volume 44; Subject index for Volume 44; Contents of previous volumes; Cumulative index -- Volumes 1-44.
• Publisher Details: Amsterdam New York : Elsevier
• Publication Date: 2002
• Extent: 1 online resource (xii, 403 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 535; Optics; Physics; Optical fibers; Optics; SCIENCE -- Physics -- Optics & Light; Optics; Physics; Optique; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780080930183; 0080930182
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.; Note: Print version record.
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