Nonlinear Optics in Signal Processing, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1993 Engineering Aspects of Lasers Series

Nonlinear Optics in Signal Processing covers the applications of nonlinear optics to optical processing in a range of areas including switching, computing, and telecommunications.

1 Introduction.- 2 Nonlinearities in organic solids.- 3 Semiconductors.- 4 The photorefractive effect.- 5 Optical bistability.- 6 Optical processing using phase conjugation.- 7 Architectures for optical neural networks.- 8 Third-order nonlinear guided-wave optical devices.- 9 Nonlinearity in optical fibre communications.- 10 Ultrashort pulses for nonlinear optical techniques.