Nonlinear optics of photonic crystals and meta-materials /

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"Version: 20140901"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- Acknowledgement -- Author biography -- 1. Introduction -- 2. A simple model of nonlinear dielectrics3. Basic properties of photonic crystals -- 3.1. Plane wave method -- 3.2. Wannier function method -- 3.3. Computer simulation methods4. Basic properties of meta-materials -- 4.1. Properties of SRRs and SRR arrays -- 4.2. Negative refractive index meta-materials -- 4.3. Refraction at the interface between positive and negative index media5. Nonlinearity in photonic crystal and meta-material waveguides -- 5.1. SRR meta-materials -- 5.2. Photonic crystal waveguides6. Nonlinear differential equations in physics and their soliton solutions -- 7. Difference equations in physics -- 7.1. Nonlinear photonic crystals and SRR meta-materials -- 7.2. Bright soliton-like solutions -- 7.3. Dark and grey soliton solutions -- 7.4. Continuum limits8. Additional aspects and applications of nonlinearity -- 8.1. Optical bistability -- 8.2. Transmission through barriers of nonlinear optical media9. Alternative computer modeling of waveguides with Kerr media -- 9.1. Transfer matrix methods -- 9.2. Nonlinearity in higher-dimensional photonic crystals and surface gratings -- 9.3. Generation of second harmonics -- 9.4. SRRs revisited.This is a brief introduction to the ideas and phenomena that occur in the nonlinear optics of photonic crystals and metamaterials. These are illustrated within the context of simple models which provide an easy understanding of the physical phenomena that are important in these two rapidly developing areas of nano-photonic technology. An introduction and discussion of some of the basic principles of linear and nonlinear optical nano-systems are given. The focus is on engineered optical systems that have been of recent interest in physics, engineering, and applied mathematics for their opto-electronic applications. These include photonic crystals and meta-materials, and in the following discussions the operating principles of photonic crystals and meta-materials are outlined.Upper level undergraduate/graduate students in materials science.Also available in print.System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.Mode of access: World Wide Web.Arthur McGurn has been a Professor of Physics at Western Michigan University since 1993 where he is a member of the Condensed Matter Physics group. He received his PhD from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1975. He is a Fellow of the IOP, the APS, The Electromagnetics Academy, and the Optical Society of America.Title from PDF title page (viewed on October 1, 2015).

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Optical physics.
SCIENCE / Physics / Optics & Light.
Nonlinear optics.
Crystal optics.
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