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Theoretical Problems in Cavity Nonlinear Optics
Contributor(s): Mandel, Paul (Author)
ISBN: 0521553857     ISBN-13: 9780521553858
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
OUR PRICE:   $152.00  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: January 1997
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Annotation: 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 the field in terms of modern dynamical systems theory. Throughout, the emphasis is on deriving analytical results and highlighting their physical significance. 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.
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BISAC Categories:
- Science | Physics - Optics & Light
- Science | Acoustics & Sound
- Science | Physics - Mathematical & Computational
Dewey: 535.2
LCCN: 96015181
Series: Cambridge Studies in Modern Optics
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.1" W x 9.2" (1.00 lbs) 202 pages
 
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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, with an emphasis on deriving analytical results and highlighting their physical significance. The book applies physical models for active and passive cavities to a variety of problems in laser theory, optical bistability and parametric oscillators. Subjects 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.