Preface |
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1 | (27) |
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2 | (7) |
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1.2 Permittivity of isotropic materials |
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9 | (3) |
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12 | (7) |
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1.4 Causality and its implications |
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19 | (3) |
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1.5 Simple solutions of Maxwell's equations |
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22 | (4) |
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26 | (2) |
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2 Light propagation through dispersive dielectric slabs |
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28 | (35) |
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2.1 State of polarization of optical waves |
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29 | (2) |
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2.2 Impedance and refractive index |
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31 | (2) |
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33 | (4) |
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2.4 Propagation of optical pulses |
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37 | (5) |
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2.5 Finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method |
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42 | (11) |
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2.6 Phase and group velocities |
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53 | (3) |
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2.7 Pulse propagation through a dielectric slab |
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56 | (4) |
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60 | (3) |
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3 Interaction of light with generic active media |
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63 | (25) |
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3.1 Reflection of light from a gain medium |
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64 | (5) |
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3.2 Surface-plasmon polaritons |
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69 | (6) |
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3.3 Gain-assisted management of group velocity |
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75 | (4) |
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3.4 Gain-assisted dispersion control |
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79 | (6) |
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85 | (3) |
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4 Optical Bloch equations |
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88 | (25) |
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4.1 The bra and ket vectors |
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89 | (2) |
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91 | (2) |
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4.3 Density-matrix equations for two-level atoms |
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93 | (8) |
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4.4 Optical Bloch equations |
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101 | (3) |
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4.5 Maxwell---Bloch equations |
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104 | (3) |
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4.6 Numerical integration of Maxwell---Bloch equations |
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107 | (4) |
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111 | (2) |
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113 | (30) |
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5.1 Erbium-doped fiber amplifiers |
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114 | (2) |
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5.2 Amplifier gain and its bandwidth |
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116 | (3) |
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5.3 Rate equations for EDFAs |
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119 | (3) |
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5.4 Amplification under CW conditions |
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122 | (2) |
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5.5 Amplification of picosecond pulses |
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124 | (7) |
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5.6 Autosolitons and similaritons |
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131 | (7) |
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5.7 Amplification of femtosecond pulses |
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138 | (2) |
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140 | (3) |
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6 Semiconductor optical amplifiers |
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143 | (30) |
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6.1 Material aspects of SOAs |
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144 | (3) |
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6.2 Carrier density and optical gain |
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147 | (4) |
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6.3 Picosecond pulse amplification |
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151 | (13) |
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6.4 Femtosecond pulse amplification |
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164 | (7) |
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171 | (2) |
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173 | (35) |
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174 | (3) |
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7.2 Raman gain spectrum of optical fibers |
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177 | (6) |
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7.3 Fiber Raman amplifiers |
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183 | (5) |
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7.4 Silicon Raman amplifiers |
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188 | (17) |
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205 | (3) |
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8 Optical parametric amplifiers |
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208 | (29) |
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8.1 Physics behind parametric amplification |
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208 | (3) |
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8.2 Phase-matching condition |
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211 | (1) |
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8.3 Four-wave mixing in optical fibers |
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212 | (12) |
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8.4 Three-wave mixing in birefringent crystals |
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224 | (5) |
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8.5 Phase matching in birefringent fibers |
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229 | (6) |
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235 | (2) |
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9 Gain in optical metamaterials |
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237 | (28) |
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9.1 Classification of metamaterials |
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238 | (3) |
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9.2 Schemes for loss compensation in metamaterials |
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241 | (5) |
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9.3 Amplification through three-wave mixing |
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246 | (4) |
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9.4 Resonant four-wave mixing using dopants |
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250 | (5) |
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9.5 Backward self-induced transparency |
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255 | (7) |
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262 | (3) |
Index |
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