Transverse-Pattern Formation in Photorefractive Optics

by Cornelia Denz, Michael Schwab, Carsten Weilnau

Overview of current developments in nonlinear photorefractive optics. The book dicusses exciting discoveries, with special emphasis on transverse effects such as spatial soliton formation and interaction, spontaneous pattern formation and pattern competition in active feedback systems. Different aspects of potential applications, such as wave guiding in adaptive photorefractive solitons and techniques for pattern control for information processing, are also described.

352 pages, Hardcover

First published September 22, 2003