Gives a broad description of optical bistability: from practical applications, as an optical
transistor or optical memory element, to its phase transition interpretation. The theory is …

The latest edition of the leading resource on the properties and applications of liquid crystals
In the newly revised Third Edition of Liquid Crystals, Professor Iam Choon Khoo delivers a …

This is a monograph/text devoted to a detailed treatment of the optical, electro-optical and
nonlinear optical properties of all the mesophases of liquid crystals and related processes …

For decades, the surface-plasmon-polariton wave guided by the interface of simple isotropic
materials dominated the scene. However, in recent times research on electromagnetic …

This book addresses a subject at the crossing point of two lines of investi gation-synergetics
and modern nonlinear optics. First, the book is devoted to optical patterns that previously …

Publisher Summary Bistable operation in optical systems has been theoretically predicted
and sometimes experimentally observed in several situations, for instance, with two-mode …

Cottam and Tilley provide an introduction to the properties of wave-like excitations
associated with surfaces and interfaces. The emphasis is on acoustic, optic and magnetic …

The authors review progress in the application of nonlinear optical phenomena to integrated
optics. Essentially all integrated optics devices such as directional couplers, Mach-Zehnder …

We review the work done to date in the field of nonlinear integrated optics. Emphasis is
placed on (intrinsic) second-and third-order phenomena occurring in planar geometry …

Publisher Summary This chapter describes the nonlinear wave propagation in planar
structures. The two categories of integrated all-optical devices can be anticipated on the …