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Advances in Nonlinear Photonics

1st Edition - May 3, 2023

Editors: Giancarlo C. Righini, Luigi Sirleto

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Advances 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.

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

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)

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), Italy