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| Title: | New Nonlinear Optical Materials
: Theoretical Research |
| Author: | Ji-Ping Huang & K W Yu |
| ISBN: | 1600214029 : 9781600214028 |
| Illustrations: | tables & charts |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Size: | 180x260mm |
| Pages: | 177 |
| Weight: | .562 Kg. |
| Published: | Nova Science Publishers - September 2007 |
| List Price: | 59.5 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Subjects: | Optics (light) |
Optical materials with large values of non-linear susceptibilities and fast responses are in great demand in industrial applications, such as non-linear optical switching devices for use in photonics and real-time coherent optical signal processors, optical limiters, and so on. In general, many applications of non-linear optics that have been demonstrated under controlled laboratory conditions could become practical for technological uses if such materials were available. It is usually believed that an effective enhanced non-linear optical response can appear in a composite material in which at least one component should possess an inherent non-linear optical response. Thus, the common way to develop new non-linear optical materials is to seek materials in which the components possess an inherently large non-linear optical response. In contrast, the author has theoretically exploited some new non-linear optical materials, e.g., colloidal nanocrystals with strong lattice effects, metallic films with inhomogeneous microstructures adjusted by ion doping or temperature gradient, composites of graded (and/or shape-anisotropic) nanoparticles, etc. The proposed materials are difficult or impossible to achieve with conventional, naturally occurring materials or random composites widely discussed in the literature. This book presents a first-hand review of the latest developments in this field.
Introduction; Basic Theories; Colloidal Nanocrystals; Inhomogeneous Metallic Films; Graded Composites; Magneto-Controlled Non-linear Optical Materials; Electrorheological Nanofluids or Ferrofluids; Review of Other Non-linear Optical Materials; Summary and Outlook.
