Brillouin Scattering Part 1

After 100 years Brillouin scattering is experiencing a renaissance

Benjamin J. Eggleton (Volume editor), Michael J. Steel (Volume editor), Christopher G. Poulton (Volume editor)

9780323989299, Elsevier Science

Hardback, published 24 June 2022

248 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 2.1 cm, 0.45 kg

Brillouin Scattering, Volume 109 in the Semiconductors and Semimetal series, marks the centenary of Leon Brillouin’s seminal 1922 paper which provided a detailed theory of the effect that now bears his name. Stimulated Brillouin Scattering (SBS) is the strongest third order optical nonlinearity and plays an important role in contemporary science and applications, particularly lasers, communications, and fibre optics, as well as playing a new role in experimental physics and the life sciences. This volume provides a foundational perspective on Brillouin scattering, starting with a historical review of Brillouin scattering, the theory of SBS and the convergence between SBS and Optomechanics. We then consider SBS in several different waveguide geometries, including photonic crystal fibres, integrated optics and superfluids.

Preface Benjamin John Eggleton, Michael Steel and Christopher G. Poulton 1. Introductory physics and historical perspective (low math explanation) Christopher G. Poulton 2. Theoretical formalisms for stimulated Brillouin scattering Christian Wolff, Christopher G. Poulton and Michael Steel 3. The convergence of cavity optomechanics and Brillouin scattering Mikolaj Kajetan Schmidt and Raphael Van Laer 4. Brillouin scattering in Photonic Crystal Fibers Paulo Dainese 5. On-chip stimulated Brillouin scattering Ravi Pant and Benjamin John Eggleton 6. Superfluid Stimulated Brillouin Scattering Warwick Bowen

Subject Areas: Electronic devices & materials [TJFD], Electronics engineering [TJF], Electronics & communications engineering [TJ], Materials science [TGM], Condensed matter physics [liquid state & solid state physics PHFC], Physics [PH]