Nonlinear Fiber Optics

The one and only "Classic" work in the field of nonlinear fiber optics!

Govind P. Agrawal (Author)

9780123970237, Elsevier Science

Hardback, published 19 December 2012

648 pages
23.4 x 19 x 3.5 cm, 1.52 kg

"Taking into account recent research on polarization, additions have been made to chapters on stimulated Raman scattering and four-wave mixing. Targeted for optical engineers, researchers, scientist and graduate students, the 549-page volume addresses pulse propagation in fibers." --Photonics Spectra, January 2007

Since the 4e appeared, a fast evolution of the field has occurred. The 5e of this classic work provides an up-to-date account of the nonlinear phenomena occurring inside optical fibers, the basis of all our telecommunications infastructure as well as being used in the medical field.Reflecting the big developments in research, this new edition includes major new content: slow light effects, which offers a reduction in noise and power consumption and more ordered network traffic-stimulated Brillouin scattering; vectorial treatment of highly nonlinear fibers; and a brand new chapter on supercontinuum generation in optical fibers.

1. Introduction2. Pulse Propagation in Fibers3. Group-Velocity Dispersion4. Self-Phase Modulation5. Optical Solitons6. Polarization Effects7. Cross-Phase Modulation8. Stimulated Raman Scattering9. Stimulated Brillouin Scattering10. Four-Wave Mixing11. Highly Nonlinear Fibers12. Novel Nonlinear Phenomena13. Supercontinuum Generation

Subject Areas: Fibre optics [TTBF], Applied optics [TTB], Optical physics [PHJ]