
Advances in Nonlinear Photonics
- 1st Edition - May 3, 2023
- Imprint: Woodhead Publishing
- Editors: Giancarlo C. Righini, Luigi Sirleto
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 8 3 8 4 - 6
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 8 5 8 0 - 2
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Request a sales quoteAdvances in Nonlinear Photonics combines fundamental principles with an overview of the latest developments. The book is suitable for the multidisciplinary audience of photonics researchers and practitioners in academia and R&D, including materials scientists and engineers, applied physicists, chemists, etc. As nonlinear phenomena are at the core of photonic devices and may enable future applications such as all-optical switching, all-optical signal processing and quantum photonics, this book provides an overview of key concepts. In addition, the book reviews the most important advances in the field and how nonlinear processes may be exploited in different photonic applications.
- Introduces fundamental principles of nonlinear phenomena and their application in materials and devices
- Reviews and provides definitions of the latest research directions in the field of nonlinear photonics
- Discusses the most important developments in materials and applications, including future prospects
Materials Scientists and Engineers, Applied Physicists, Engineers
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contributors
- Preface
- 1: An introduction to nonlinear photonics
- Abstract
- 1.1. Introduction
- 1.2. Nonlinear polarization and multipole terms
- 1.3. Experimental detection of nonlinear polarizations by means of SHG
- 1.4. Multiple scales expansion approach and applications to χ(2) interactions
- 1.5. Conclusions
- References
- 2: An introduction to guided-wave nonlinear ultrafast photonics
- Abstract
- Acknowledgement
- 2.1. Introduction
- 2.2. Guided modes in optical fibers
- 2.3. Conservative spatio-temporal solitons: a variational approach
- 2.4. Stable soliton solutions of the nonlinear equations
- 2.5. Conclusions
- References
- 3: Nonlinear semiconductor laser dynamics
- Abstract
- 3.1. Introduction
- 3.2. Semiconductor diode laser
- 3.3. Dynamics of the solitary FP laser
- 3.4. FP type laser with saturable absorber
- 3.5. FP+SA laser with optical injection
- 3.6. Excitable FP+SA laser chip in an InP platform
- 3.7. Excitable FP+SA laser with noise
- 3.8. Conclusion
- References
- 4: Nonlinear topological photonics
- Abstract
- 4.1. Preface
- 4.2. Introduction
- 4.3. 1D topological photonics in tight-binding approximation
- 4.4. 2D topological photonics in tight-binding approximation
- 4.5. Nonlinear tight-binding modeling of topological systems
- 4.6. Nonlinear parametric generation of light from topological states
- 4.7. Nonlinear photon-pair generation from topological states
- 4.8. Demonstrations of nonlinear self-action effects on topology
- 4.9. Conclusions
- References
- 5: Nonlinear terahertz photonics
- Abstract
- 5.1. Introduction
- 5.2. THz generation via nonlinear effects with a femtosecond laser
- 5.3. Air plasma THz photonics
- 5.4. THz point sources and applications
- 5.5. Conclusions
- References
- 6: Peregrine soliton dynamics and optical rogue waves
- Abstract
- Acknowledgements
- 6.1. Introduction
- 6.2. Scalar model and general rogue wave solutions
- 6.3. Singular chirped rogue wave dynamics
- 6.4. Unusual Peregrine solitons in vector KN model
- 6.5. Rogue waves sitting on periodic backgrounds
- 6.6. Experimental progress on optical rogue waves
- 6.7. Conclusion
- References
- 7: Nonlinear photonics in glasses
- Abstract
- 7.1. Introduction
- 7.2. SHG in photonic glasses
- 7.3. Nonlinear absorption and refraction in photonic glasses
- 7.4. Multiphoton luminescence and supercontinuum generation
- 7.5. Summary and future perspectives
- References
- 8: Nonlinear integrated photonics in thin-film lithium niobate
- Abstract
- Acknowledgements
- 8.1. Brief history of second-order nonlinear integrated photonics
- 8.2. Theory of second-order nonlinear integrated photonics
- 8.3. Periodic poling
- 8.4. Thin-film lithium niobate integrated photonics
- 8.5. Nonlinear integrated photonics in TFLN
- 8.6. Conclusions and outlook
- References
- 9: Theory and applications of nonlinear optical interactions in 2D materials
- Abstract
- 9.1. Introduction
- 9.2. Basic concepts
- 9.3. Nonlinear optical processes in 2D materials
- 9.4. Computational methods for 2D materials
- 9.5. Applications
- 9.6. Conclusion
- References
- 10: Harmonic generation in all-dielectric metasurfaces
- Abstract
- 10.1. Introduction
- 10.2. Second-order nonlinear all-dielectric nanostructures and metasurfaces
- 10.3. Third-order nonlinear all-dielectric nanostructures and metasurfaces
- 10.4. High-order nonlinear all-dielectric nanostructures and metasurfaces
- 10.5. Conclusions and perspectives
- Funding
- References
- 11: Nonlinearities in epsilon-near-zero media
- Abstract
- 11.1. Introduction
- 11.2. Epsilon-near-zero optical media
- 11.3. Features of epsilon-near-zero for nonlinear optics
- 11.4. Types of nonlinearities in epsilon-near-zero
- 11.5. Carrier motion in nonparabolic band
- 11.6. Fast nonlinearity in ENZ
- 11.7. Slow nonlinearity in ENZ
- 11.8. Comparing ENZ nonlinear effects
- 11.9. Adiabatic frequency shifting
- 11.10. Taking stock of nonlinearities in ENZ
- References
- 12: Nonlinear photonics in plasmonic semiconductors
- Abstract
- 12.1. Introduction
- 12.2. Localized surface plasmon resonance and ultrafast optical response
- 12.3. Plasmonic semiconductors and their synthetic methods
- 12.4. Nonlinear optical response in plasmonic semiconductor nanoparticles
- 12.5. Ultrafast carrier dynamics in plasmonic semiconductor nanoparticles
- 12.6. NLO application of plasmonic semiconductors
- 12.7. Summary
- References
- 13: Nonlinear shaping of light in optical fibers
- Abstract
- 13.1. Introduction
- 13.2. Basics of picosecond pulse propagation in optical fibers: the nonlinear Schrödinger equation
- 13.3. Nonlinear pulse shaping in the anomalous dispersion regime
- 13.4. Nonlinear pulse shaping in the normal dispersion regime
- 13.5. Conclusions and perspectives
- References
- 14: Nonlinear optics for ultrafast single-photon detection
- Abstract
- Acknowledgements
- 14.1. Introduction
- 14.2. Single-photon sources and detectors
- 14.3. Nonlinear optical sampling techniques
- 14.4. Optical Kerr gates for single-photon detection
- 14.5. Conclusions and perspectives
- References
- 15: Nonlinear effects in optical micro- and nanoresonators
- Abstract
- 15.1. Introduction
- 15.2. Whispering gallery mode resonators
- 15.3. Nonlinear optics: basic principles
- 15.4. Second order or χ(2) effects: second harmonic, sum frequency and difference frequency generation
- 15.5. Third order or χ(3) effects: third harmonic generation and four wave mixing
- 15.6. Stimulated scattering: Raman and Brillouin
- 15.7. Conclusion
- References
- 16: Lithium niobate on insulator for nonlinear and quantum applications
- Abstract
- 16.1. LNOI for nonlinear applications
- 16.2. LNOI for quantum applications
- 16.3. Prospects and conclusion
- References
- 17: Stimulated Raman scattering: towards applications in nano and biophotonics
- Abstract
- 17.1. Introduction
- 17.2. SRS in nanophotonics
- 17.3. SRS in biophotonics
- 17.4. Conclusions
- References
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: May 3, 2023
- No. of pages (Paperback): 562
- No. of pages (eBook): 562
- Imprint: Woodhead Publishing
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323983846
- eBook ISBN: 9780323985802
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Giancarlo C. Righini
Dr. Righini is a former director of the Enrico Fermi Center and of the National Department on Materials and Devices, CNR. He was also research director at IFAC and vice-president of the International Commission for Optics and International Union of Pure and Applied Physics. In 1991 he was one of the founders of the Italian Society of Optics and Photonics (SIOF), and later one of its Presidents. His research interests concern fiber and integrated optics, glass materials, and microresonators, with reference to both linear and nonlinear phenomena. He has published more than 500 research papers (ORCID: 0000-0002-6081-6971) and co-edited various books. He is a fellow of Optica (formerly OSA), SPIE, SIF (Italian Physical Society), EOS (European Optical Society) and SIOF.
Affiliations and expertise
Nello Carrara Institute of Applied Physics (IFAC), National Research Council of Italy (CNR)LS
Luigi Sirleto
Since 2001, he has been a researcher at CNR in Naples. As visiting scientist, from 2001 to 2004 he spent several months at University of Twente (NL) and at UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles). In 2006, he founded the Nonlinear and Ultrafast Optics Lab at IMM CNR and since then he has led the research activities of the same. He was member of the Board of Italian Society of Optics and Photonics (SIOF) from 2009 to 2014. In 2018, he received his qualification as full professor of Experimental Matter Physics. He has served as a reviewer of many international journals and as committee member of a number of national and international conferences. He has been co-chair of Workshop Progress in Nonlinear Photonics and Applications (PNPA 2020). He has been co-editor of the book ‘Nonlinear Photonics Devices’ (MDPI, 2021). Since 2021, he has been a section editor of Optik and an associate editor of Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics & Materials . He is co-author of over 200 papers, mostly on nonlinear/ultrafast optics spectroscopy and photonics devices.
Affiliations and expertise
Institute of Applied Sciences and Intelligent Systems, National Research Council of Italy (CNR), ItalyRead Advances in Nonlinear Photonics on ScienceDirect