TY - BOOK ID - 7689937 TI - Nonlinearities in periodic structures and metamaterials AU - Denz, Cornelia. AU - Flach, Sergej. AU - Kivshar, Y. S. PY - 2010 SN - 3642020674 3642020658 3642020666 1280384905 9786613562821 3642261337 PB - Heidelberg : Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Nonlinear optics KW - Nonlinear waves KW - Photonic crystals KW - Bose-Einstein condensation KW - Metamaterials KW - Physics KW - Engineering & Applied Sciences KW - Physical Sciences & Mathematics KW - Applied Physics KW - Light & Optics KW - Materials KW - Nonlinear optics. KW - Electromagnetism. KW - Photonic crystals. KW - Metamaterials. KW - Meta materials KW - Bandgap structures, Photonic KW - Photonic bandgap structures KW - Electromagnetics KW - Optics, Nonlinear KW - Physics. KW - Electronics. KW - Microelectronics. KW - Optical materials. KW - Electronic materials. KW - Classical Electrodynamics. KW - Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation. KW - Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices. KW - Optical and Electronic Materials. KW - Crystal lattices KW - Magnetic induction KW - Magnetism KW - Composite materials KW - Electromagnetism KW - Optics KW - Lasers KW - Electrical engineering KW - Physical sciences KW - Optics. KW - Electrodynamics. KW - Lasers. KW - Photonics. KW - Electronic materials KW - New optics KW - Light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation KW - Masers, Optical KW - Optical masers KW - Light amplifiers KW - Light sources KW - Optoelectronic devices KW - Optical parametric oscillators KW - Microminiature electronic equipment KW - Microminiaturization (Electronics) KW - Electronics KW - Microtechnology KW - Semiconductors KW - Miniature electronic equipment KW - Dynamics KW - Light UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:7689937 AB - Optical information processing of the future is associated with a new generation of compact nanoscale optical devices operating entirely with light. Moreover, adaptive features such as self-guiding, reconfiguration and switching become more and more important. Nonlinear devices offer an enormous potential for these applications. Consequently, innovative concepts for all-optical communication and information technologies based on nonlinear effects in photonic-crystal physics and nanoscale devices as metamaterials are of high interest. This book focuses on nonlinear optical phenomena in periodic media, such as photonic crystals, optically-induced, adaptive lattices, atomic lattices or metamaterials. The main purpose is to describe and overview new physical phenomena that result from the interplay between nonlinearities and structural periodicities and is a guide to actual and future developments for the expert reader in optical information processing, as well as in the physics of cold atoms in optical lattices. ER -