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Nonlinear Fiber Optics

  • 6th Edition - August 14, 2019
  • Latest edition
  • Author: Govind P. Agrawal
  • Language: English

Nonlinear Fiber Optics, Sixth Edition, provides an up-to-date accounting of the nonlinear phenomena occurring inside optical fibers in telecommunications infrastructure and in th… Read more

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Description

Nonlinear Fiber Optics, Sixth Edition, provides an up-to-date accounting of the nonlinear phenomena occurring inside optical fibers in telecommunications infrastructure and in the medical field. This new edition includes a general update to reflect the most recent research, extensive updates to chapter 13 on Supercontinuum Generation that reflect the use of chalcogenide fibers that extend Supercontinuum into the mid-infrared region, and a new chapter devoted to the nonlinear optics of multimode and multicore fibers. This book is ideal for researchers and graduate students in photonics, optical engineering and communication engineering.

Key features

  • Provides an update to a classic book on the subject of nonlinear fiber optics
  • Presents the latest research on Supercontinuum Generation
  • Includes a new chapter on nonlinear optics of multimode and multicore fibers

Readership

researchers, graduate students in photonics, optical engineering, and communications engineering

Table of contents

1. Introduction2. Pulse Propagation in Fibers3. Group-Velocity Dispersion4. Self-Phase Modulation5. Optical Solitons6. Polarization Effects7. Cross-Phase Modulation8. Stimulated Raman Scattering9. Stimulated Brillouin Scattering10. Four-Wave Mixing11. Highly Nonlinear Fibers12. Novel Nonlinear Phenomena13. Supercontinuum Generation14. Multimode Fibers

Product details

  • Edition: 6
  • Latest edition
  • Published: August 14, 2019
  • Language: English

About the author

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Govind P. Agrawal

Govind P. Agrawal received his B.Sc. degree from the University of Lucknow in 1969 with honours. He was awarded a gold medal for achieving the top position in the university. Govind joined the Indian Institute of Technology at New Delhi in 1969 and received the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in 1971 and 1974, respectively. After holding positions at the Ecole Polytechnique (France), the City University of New York, and the Laser company, Quantel, Orsay, France, Dr. Agrawal joined in 1981 the technical staff of the world-famous AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, N.J., USA, where he worked on problems related to the development of semiconductor lasers and fiber-optic communication systems. He joined in 1989 the faculty of the Institute of Optics at the University of Rochester where he is a Professor of Optics. His research interests focus on quantum electronics, nonlinear optics, and optical communications. In particular, he has contributed significantly to the fields of semiconductor lasers, nonlinear fiber optics, and optical communications. He is an author or co-author of more than 250 research papers, several book chapters and review articles, and four books. He has also edited the books "Contemporary Nonlinear Optics" (Academic Press, 1992) and "Semiconductor Lasers: Past, Present and Future" (AIP Press, 1995). The books authored by Dr. Agrawal have influenced an entire generation of scientists. Several of them have been translated into Chinese, Japanese, Greek, and Russian.
Affiliations and expertise
Institute of Optics, University of Rochester, NY, USA

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