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Of interest to scientists working in the field of optics or nonlinear physics, this book gives an overview of current developments in nonlinear photorefractive optics. It 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. The author Professor Denz received the Lise Meitner Prize in 1993 for her dissertation on photorefractive neural networks and in 1999 the Adolf Messer Prize for the development of an optical motion detection filter.

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Author:   Cornelia Denz ,  Michael Schwab ,  Carsten Weilnau
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2003
Volume:   188
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.545kg
ISBN:  

9783642056932

ISBN 10:   3642056938
Pages:   334
Publication Date:   19 October 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction.- Light propagation in nonlinear optical media.- The photorefractive nonlinearity.- Spatial photorefractive solitons in anisotropic, saturable media.- Interaction of spatial solitons in saturable and photorefractive media.- Self-organized pattern formation in single-feedback systems.- Selection, manipulation and control of self-organized patterns.- Transverse patterns in active photorefractive oscillators.

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