This monograph collects together papers by leading researchers in the field of
photorefractive nonlinear optics. All of the works are presented by eminent researchers in …

This book, intended for students, researchers and engineers, is a collection of classic papers
on photorefractive nonlinear optics. Included are landmark papers on fundamental …

Because of their large optical nonlinearity at low light intensity (and also because they are
fun to play with), photorefractive materials have stimulated a large research effort in the …

The field of nonlinear optics has grown significantly within the last two decades.
Photorefractive materials in particular have been utilized in a wide variety of applications …

Photorefractive nonlinear optics and phase conjugation together with some of their
applications including optical image processing, distortion correction and interferometry are …

Over the past several years, a new field of interest has emerged in coherent and nonlinear
optics. This field includes the possibility of performing operations in real time and with low …

We consider photorefractive materials as real-time holographic recording media. Starting
from a novel viewpoint on the formation of the holograms in these nonlinear materials …

More and more, colleges are introducing formal courses on nonlinear science and chaos.
Many students enter such courses already excited about chaos from reading popular …

The development of real-time devices for the manipulation of two-dimensional time-varying
coherent wavefronts is of major interest for optical processing applications. It was …

There is a growing demand for nonlinear optical materials for a variety of applications—
lasers and coherent sources, electrooptic devices, communication technologies, and optical …