Nonlinear Optics for the Information Society : Proceedings of the Third Annual Meeting of the COST Action P2, held in Enschede, the Netherlands, 26-27 October 2000

Nonlinear optical phenomena can be exploited in advanced devices for transport, processing, and storage of information. These are needed as the present-day approach - mainly using on electron-based technology - faces the challenges of increasing demand on bandwidth and processing speed. A key role in the development of nonlinear devices is the availability of novel materials with the required nonlinear optical properties. With such materials, scientific creativity and careful design, promising concepts have been developed resulting in the demonstration of devices. This book contains the proceedings of NOIS 2000 (Nonlinear Optics for the Information Society) Annual Meeting of the COST Action P2, held at the University of Twente, in Enschede, The Netherlands, on 26-27 October, 2000. It comprises a selection of the presentations at the meeting, reporting state-of-the-art research and developments in the field of applications of nonlinear phenomena in information technology. Front Matter....Pages i-x The Role of Nonlinear Optical Devices in the Optical Communication Age....Pages 1-1 Non-Linear Optical Technology in Present and Future Transmission Systems and Optical Networks....Pages 3-22 Wavelength Conversion, Optical Parametric Amplification and Oscillation in Periodically Poled Ti:LiNbO 3 Optical Waveguides....Pages 23-27 Enhanced Nonlinear Optical Response of Liquid Crystals....Pages 29-33 Characterization of AlGaAs/AlAs Waveguides for Optical Parametric Generation....Pages 35-41 Nonlinear Optics for Quantum Communication....Pages 43-43 All-Optical Diode in a Quasi-Phase-Matched LiNbO 3 Waveguide....Pages 45-49 Feasibility of All-Optical Computation by Second Harmonic Generated Holograms....Pages 51-54 All-Optical Wavelength Conversion by Four Wave Mixing in a Polydiacetylene Waveguide....Pages 55-55 All-Optical Switching Devices in Integrated Optics Cylindrical Microresonators....Pages 57-62 Photonic Band Gap Structures in Planar Nonlinear Waveguides: Application to Second Harmonic Generation....Pages 63-67 Photonic Band Gap Logic Elements for Optical Data Processing....Pages 69-73 Silicon Microphotonics....Pages 75-75 Semiconductor Optical Amplifier Dynamics for Wavelength Conversion Applications....Pages 77-77 Optical Data Storage Using Microholographic Gratings....Pages 79-87 High Rate Vander Lugt and Joint Fourier Transform Correlators....Pages 89-89 Rewritable Optical Storage by Polarization Holography....Pages 91-96 Nonlinear Magneto-Optical Probing of Ultrathin Magnetic Layer Interfaces: CoNi/Pt and Co/Cu....Pages 97-98 Hybrid Soliton Fibre Laser Characterisation....Pages 99-103 Progress in Hologram Writing in Bi 2 TeO 5 Crystals....Pages 105-105 Distributed Response Analysis of the Water Dimer....Pages 107-110 Polymethineimine Chains as New Materials Presenting Large First Hyperpolarizability....Pages 111-111 Numerical Analysis of Optical Nonlinearities in Multispan DWDM Fibre Transmission Systems....Pages 113-121 Nonlinear Characterization of Very Thin Polymer Films by Surface Plasmon Resonance....Pages 123-123 Cavity Spatial Solitons in Semiconductor Microcavities....Pages 125-130 Adaptive Waveguides Using Photorefractive Creening Solitons....Pages 131-131 Vibrational First and Second Hyperpolarizability of H-C≡N....Pages 133-137 Mode Propagation along the Multilayered Optical Fibre with Kerr Like Non-Linearity....Pages 139-144 Numerical Study of Optical Bistability in a Nonlinear Photonic Crystal Notch Filter....Pages 145-145 A Low-Dimensional Model for Deformation of Bichromatic Waves in Third Order Nonlinear Media....Pages 147-147 Picosecond Absorption Saturation Dynamics of New [M(R,R’timdt) 2 ] Metal-Dithiolenes....Pages 149-154 Measurements of the Nonlinear Coefficient N 2 /A eff Using a Self-Aligned Interferometer and a Faraday Mirror....Pages 155-159 Nonlinear Optics for Quantum Communication....Pages 161-161 Multistability and Hysteresis of Standing Waves in a Periodic Structure....Pages 163-178 Storage Density Enhancement in Holographic Memory Card System....Pages 179-184 Self-Organized Parametric down Conversion in Optical Fibres....Pages 185-191 Dynamics of the Electro-Optic Properties of Dye-Containing Polymers....Pages 193-193 Back Matter....Pages 195-196