The scientific and technological importance of lasers has generated great interest in the field of cavity nonlinear optics. This book provides a thorough description of this subject in terms of modern dynamical systems theory. Throughout, the emphasis is on deriving analytical results and highlighti...

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Main Author:	Mandel, P. 1942- (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1997
Series:	Cambridge studies in modern optics 21
Subjects:	Nonlinear optics Optical bistability Lasers Nichtlineare Optik Resonator Optische Bistabilität
Online Access:	BSB01 FHN01 Volltext
Summary:	The scientific and technological importance of lasers has generated great interest in the field of cavity nonlinear optics. This book provides a thorough description of this subject in terms of modern dynamical systems theory. Throughout, the emphasis is on deriving analytical results and highlighting their physical significance. The early chapters introduce the physical models for active and passive cavities. In later chapters, these are applied to a variety of problems in laser theory, optical bistability and parametric oscillators. Subjects covered include scaling laws, Hopf bifurcations, passive Q-switching, and Turing instabilities. Several of the topics treated cannot be found in other books, including swept control parameter dynamics, laser stability, multimode rate equations, and antiphase dynamics. The book stresses the connections between theoretical work and actual experimental results, and will be of great interest to graduate students and researchers in theoretical physics, nonlinear optics, and laser physics
Item Description:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xiv, 184 pages)
ISBN:	9780511529337
DOI:	10.1017/CBO9780511529337