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This book presents recent advances, new ideas and novel techniques related to the field of nonlinear dynamics, including localized pattern formation, self-organization and chaos. Various natural systems ranging from nonlinear optics to mechanics, fluids and magnetic are considered. The aim of this book is to gather specialists from these various fields of research to promote cross-fertilization and transfer of knowledge between these active research areas. In particular, nonlinear optics and laser physics constitute an important part in this issue due to the potential applications for all-optical control of light, optical storage, and information processing. Other possible applications include the generation of ultra-short pulses using all-fiber cavities.

Atomic Physics --- Physics --- Physical Sciences & Mathematics --- Dynamics --- Nonlinear theories --- Chemistry, Physical organic. --- Hydraulic engineering. --- Engineering. --- Statistical physics. --- Complex Systems. --- Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices. --- Physical Chemistry. --- Engineering Fluid Dynamics. --- Complexity. --- Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems. --- Mathematical statistics --- Construction --- Industrial arts --- Technology --- Engineering, Hydraulic --- Engineering --- Fluid mechanics --- Hydraulics --- Shore protection --- Chemistry, Physical organic --- Chemistry, Organic --- Chemistry, Physical and theoretical --- Statistical methods --- Dynamical systems. --- Lasers. --- Photonics. --- Physical chemistry. --- Fluid mechanics. --- Computational complexity. --- Complexity, Computational --- Electronic data processing --- Machine theory --- Hydromechanics --- Continuum mechanics --- Chemistry, Theoretical --- Physical chemistry --- Theoretical chemistry --- Chemistry --- New optics --- Optics --- Light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation --- Masers, Optical --- Optical masers --- Light amplifiers --- Light sources --- Optoelectronic devices --- Nonlinear optics --- Optical parametric oscillators --- Dynamical systems --- Kinetics --- Mathematics --- Mechanics, Analytic --- Force and energy --- Mechanics --- Statics

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Systems driven far from thermodynamic equilibrium can create dissipative structures through the spontaneous breaking of symmetries. A particularly fascinating feature of these pattern-forming systems is their tendency to produce spatially confined states. These localized wave packets can exist as propagating entities through space and/or time. Various examples of such systems will be dealt with in this book, including localized states in fluids, chemical reactions on surfaces, neural networks, optical systems, granular systems, population models, and Bose-Einstein condensates.This book should appeal to all physicists, mathematicians and electrical engineers interested in localization in far-from-equilibrium systems. The authors - all recognized experts in their fields - strive to achieve a balance between theoretical and experimental considerations thereby giving an overview of fascinating physical principles, their manifestations in diverse systems, and the novel technical applications on the horizon.

Fluid mechanics --- Optics. Quantum optics --- Statistical physics --- Matter physics --- Chemistry of complexes --- complexen (chemie) --- quantumchemie --- theoretische fysica --- materialen (technologie) --- vloeistoffen