Optical Spatial Solitons in Photorefractive Materials , 1st ed. 2021 Progress in Optical Science and Photonics Series, Vol. 14

This book highlights recent advances of optical spatial solitons in photorefractive materials ranging broadly from the coupling, modulation instability, effect of pyroelectricity, and the stability of photorefractive solitons, among other topics. Photorefractive solitons have been at the forefront of research because of their formation at low laser powers and unique saturable nonlinearity present in photorefractive materials which supports solitons in (2+1) D. There has been a spurt in research on photorefractive solitons recently, which has contributed to a greater understanding of the theoretical foundation of photorefractive solitons as also of their various interesting and practical applications. The book elucidates the diversity of photorefractive solitons and provides a good resource for students, researchers, and professionals in the area of nonlinear optics.

1. Spatial Solitons in Photorefractive Media: An Introduction

2. The formation of photorefractive solitons: Temporal Analysis

3. Stability Analysis and Dynamical Evolution

4. Pyroelectric solitons: “The Pyroliton”

5. Incoherent Coupling of solitons

6. Coherent Coupling of solitons

7. Separately Coupled Solitons

8. Waveguides Induced by Photorefractive Solitons

Highlights recent advances of optical spatial solitons in photorefractive materials

Presents the theoretical foundation of photorefractive solitons and their various applications

Is a useful read for researchers and professionals in the field of nonlinear optics?