Nail Akhmediev

Solitons: Non-linear pulses and beams Nail Akhmediev 1997 edition

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [113]-332) and index. Table of Contents: Basic equations. The nonlinear Schrodinger equation. Exact solutions. Non-Kerr-law nonlinearities. Normal dispersion regime. Multiple-port linear devices made from solitons. Nonlinear pulses in birefringent media. Pulses in nonlinear couplers. Multi-core nonlinear fiber arrays. The influence of higher-order dispersion on solitons. Beam dynamics. Planar nonlinear guided waves. Nonlinear pulses in presence of gain, loss and spectral filtering. References. Index."Publisher Marketing: Soliton-like beams in highly non-linear materials such as organic polymers are being studied with a view to using them for fast-switching purposes, in devices where the light creates its own guiding channel. This text provides a treatment of the applications of non-linear light pulses in optical fibres and spatial solitons in switching devices. It presents the results of recent research on the subject in an accessible manner and adopts a unified approach to solitons in fibres and the devices which use them.

Contributor Bio:  Akhmediev, Nail N Akhmediev is a Senior Fellow at the Optical Sciences Center of the Australian National University, Canberra. Contributor Bio:  Ankiewicz, Adrian Professor Nail Akhmediev is one of the leading researchers in theoretical nonlinear optics internationally. He is a Professor in the Optical Sciences Group of the Australian National University. He was made a Fellow of the Optical Society of America in recognition of his work on nonlinear guided optics. He is also a member of LEOS and the Australian Optical Society. He is an associate editor of Optics Express. He has published over 200 papers in refereed international journals, more than 100 conference papers, a book "Solitons, nonlinear pulses and beams" Chapman and Hall, London (1997) with Dr. Ankiewicz and several chapters in books. He is the recipient of the DSc degree from the Higher Qualification Commission for the Counsel of Ministers of the USSR, and the PhD and the MS degrees, both from Moscow State University. Dr. Adrian Ankiewicz has degrees in science and electrical engineering. He has published more than 120 papers in international journals. His research interests include optical fibres and planar waveguides, encompassing couplers, splitters and wavelength demultiplexers, for communications and devices; use of nonlinear effects in fibres, especially soliton transmission in fibres and dissipative solitons. He has given undergraduate lectures in these subjects for some years.