In the past years there was a huge interest in experimental and theoretical studies in the
area of few-optical-cycle pulses and in the broader fast growing field of the so-called …

We provide an overview of recent experimental and theoretical developments in the area of
optical discrete solitons. By nature, discrete solitons represent self-trapped wavepackets in …

In the course of the past several years, a new level of understanding has been achieved
about conditions for the existence, stability, and generation of spatiotemporal optical …

In physics, wave propagation is traditionally analyzed by means of regular solutions of wave
equations. However, solutions of wave equations in two and three dimensions often possess …

We derive an exact expression for the electromagnetic mode density, and hence the group
velocity, for a finite, N-period, one-dimensional, photonic band-gap structure. We begin by …

We provide an in-depth treatment of the various mechanisms by which an incident light
beam can produce an intensity-or flux-dependent change in the refractive index and …

Cascading is the process by which the exchange of energy between optical beams
interacting via second order nonlinearities (χ (2)) leads to various effects such as nonlinear …

We present a review of theoretical and experimental aspects of multiphoton quantum optics.
Multiphoton processes occur and are important for many aspects of matter–radiation …

The paper reviews material, spectroscopic, laser and nonlinear optical properties of wide-
band Cr2+-doped II–VI materials. The strong revival of research interest in these materials is …

The authors present a review of all-optical signal-processing technologies based on/spl
chi//sup (2)/nonlinear interactions in guided-wave devices and their applications for …