New Directions in Guided Wave and Coherent Optics: Volume I and Volume II

As optical fiber communication systems have moved out of the laboratory and into commercial use over the past several years, the general field of guided wave and coherent optics has undergone a radical transformation. Research in optical communication has turned heavily towards single-mode technology and, totally new phenomena and applications of the existing technology, outside the communication field, have begun to proliferate. It was for this reason that we decided to organize a NATO Advanced Study Institute assembling the leading workers in this new domain, in order to define the state of the art, and, develop an idea of the new directions the field might take. The lectures and seminars presented at this Advanced Study Institute form the basis for this book. The subjects treated can be roughly grouped as : - New phenomena in optical fibers such as non-linear effects, soliton propagation and polarization conservation. - New applications of fibers, to measurements of rotation pressure, temperature etc ... and medical uses. - Advanced and exploratory work on single-mode fiber communica­ tion systems including the use of coherent transmission schemes and optical amplification. - Recent developments of optical information treatment based on four-wave mixing. - Integrated optical devices and technologies including bistable devices, parametric oscillators, and optical logic. In addition to these major topics, a number of national reviews and specialized seminars treating new guided wave structures and materials are included. The co-editors admit being rather pleased with the result. Front Matter....Pages I-X Active Fibers....Pages 1-22 Self-Induced Nonlinear Effects in Optical Fibers: A Unified Approach....Pages 23-41 Ultrashort Pulse Propagation in Optical Fibers....Pages 43-60 Temporally Coherent Fiber Optics....Pages 61-96 Introduction to Monomode Fibre Transmission Systems....Pages 97-128 Frequency Stabilisation of Diode Lasers....Pages 129-153 Light Amplifiers in Optical Communication Systems....Pages 155-192 Phasor Derivation of the Fundamental Limits on the Spectral Purity of Laser Fields....Pages 193-207 Polarization-Maintaining Fibers....Pages 209-224 Fibre Optical Sensors....Pages 225-245 Fibers in Medicine — I....Pages 247-270 Fibers in Medicine II....Pages 271-297 Fiber-Optic Gyroscopes....Pages 299-333 Optical Beam Phase-Conjugation by Stimulated Backscattering in Multimode Optical Waveguides....Pages 335-356 Phase Conjugation and Applications to Real Time Optical Treatment....Pages 357-370 Integrated Optical Modulation and Switching....Pages 371-404 Waveguides and Subpicosecond Switching....Pages 405-418 Bistable Optical Devices....Pages 419-435 Fiber and Integrated Optical Devices for Signal Processing....Pages 437-448 Nonlinear Integrated Optics....Pages 449-479 Parametric Amplification and Oscillation....Pages 481-494 Non Linear Interactions in LiNbO 3 Guides....Pages 495-517 Integrated Optical Oscillators and Multivibrators....Pages 519-530 Integrated Acousto-Optics: The Technology and the Competition....Pages 531-544 Geodesic Optics....Pages 545-575 Tapered Monomode Optical Waveguides....Pages 577-587 Monomode Optical Waveguide Connectors....Pages 589-602 Optical Fiber System for Strain and Vibration Measurements....Pages 603-610 InP-Based Integrated Optics....Pages 611-622 Ti Diffusion Process in LiNbO 3 ....Pages 623-637 Guided-Wave Optical Spectroscopy of Thin Films....Pages 639-657 Fiber-Coupled Heterodyne-Detection at 10 μm-Preliminary Experiments....Pages 659-673 French Activities in Guided Waves Optics....Pages 675-677 Fiber and Integrated Optics in Germany: A National Review....Pages 679-685 Back Matter....Pages 687-692 Edited By Stanley B. Field, Cafiero Franconi. Proceedings Of The Nato Advanced Study Institute On 'physics And Technology Of Hyperthermia', Urbino, Italy, July 26-august 9, 1986--t.p. Verso. Includes Bibliographies And Index. Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Visual Spatial Prostheses for the Blind, Lake Arrowhead, California, USA, September 10-13, 1984 Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on New Directions in Guided Wave and Coherent Optics, Cargèse, Corsica, July 1982 Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute, Bursa, Turkey, August 20-31, 1984