Advanced Photonics with Second-order Optically Nonlinear Processes

Introduction to the Propagation of CW Radiation and Solitons in Quadratically Nonlinear Media; A.D. Boardman, et al. Plane and Guided Wave Effects and Devices via Quadratic Cascading; G. Assanto, et al. Control of Laser Light Parameters by &khgr;(2):&khgr;(2) Nonlinear Optical Devices; S. Saltiel, et al. Asymmetric Quantum Wells for Second-Order Optical Nonlinearities; J.M. Arnold. Experiments on Quadratic Spatial Solitons; G.I. Stegeman, et al. Diffraction Beam Interaction in Quadratic Nonlinear Media; A.P. Sukhorukov. A Lithium Niobate Quadratic Device for Wavelength Multiplexing around 1.55mm; K. Gallo, et al. Full Vector Theory of Fundamental and Second-Harmonic CW Waves; P. Bontemps, A.D. Boardman. Nonlinear Phase Shifts in a Counterpropagating Quasi-Phase-Matched Configuration; G.D. Landry, T.A. Maldonado. Generation of High Power Picosecond Pulses by Passively Mode-Locked Nd: YAG Laser Using Frequency Doubling Mirror; I.Ch. Buchvarov, et al. Collision, Fusion, and Spiralling of Interacting Solitons in a Bulk Quadratic Medium; V.V. Steblina, et al. Quadratic Ring-Shaped Solitary Waves; D. Neshev, et al. Solitary and Periodic Pulses for &khgr;(2): Explicit Solutions in Abundance; D.F. Parker, E.N. Tsoy. Propagation of Ring Dark Solitary Waves in Saturable Self-Defocusing Media; E.D. Eugenieva, A.A. Dreischuh. The N-Soliton Interactions, Complex Toda Chain and Stable Propagation of NLS Soliton Trains; V.S. Gerdjikov, et al. Ray Optics Theory of Self-Matched Beams Mutual Focusing in Quadratic Nonlinear Media; A.P. Sukhorukov, L. Xin. Resonant Properties of &khgr;(2) in Two-Particle Frequency Regions; K.T. Stoychev. On Parametric Coupled Solitons with High-Order Dispersion; A.A. Sukhorukov. Large Self-Phase Modulation via Simultaneous Second Harmonic Generation and Sum Frequency Mixing; K. Koynov, S. Saltiel. Pulsed Beam Self-Focusing; A.V. Churilova, A.P. Sukhorukov. Slow and Immobile Solitons in Quadratic Media; S.V. Polyakov, A.P. Sukhorukov. Fermi Resonance Nonlinear Waves and Solitons in Organic Superlattices; V.M. Agranovic, A.M. Kamchatnov. Cascaded Processes in Gyrotropy Media and Novel Electro-Optical Effect on &khgr;(2) Nonlinearity; L.I. Pavlov, L.M. Kovachev. Classical and Quantum Aspects of C.W. Parametric Interaction in a Cavity; C. Fabre. Alternative Media for Cascading: Second Order Nonlinearities and Cascading in Plasma Waveguides; M. Georgieva-Grosse, A. Shivarova. Frequency Conversion with Semiconductor Heterostructures; V. Berger. Parametric Interactions in Waveguides Realized on Periodically Poled Crystals; M.P. De Micheli, et al. Rb:KTP Optical Waveguides; I. Savatinova, et al. Backward Parametric Interactions in Quasi-Phase Matched Configurations; P. Aschieri, et al. Modes of TM Field in Nonlinear Kerr Media; G. Zeglinski. Numerical Simulations of Self-Induced Plasma Smoothing of Spatially Incoherent Laser Beams; I. Ourdev, et al. (Part contents.)