We review the history and current status of ion exchanged glass waveguide technology. The
background of ion exchange in glass and key developments in the first years of research are …

Passive glass waveguides made by ion-exchange technique are potential candidates for
integrated optics (IO) applications. The authors review the advantages in the technology as …

A substantial amount of work has been carried out in the area of nanocomposite materials
for optical applications. Composites are typically constructed by embedding an optically …

This book presents an overview of the current understanding of the physics of zero-
dimensional semiconductors. It concentrates mainly on quantum dots of wide-gap …

The authors review progress in the application of nonlinear optical phenomena to integrated
optics. Essentially all integrated optics devices such as directional couplers, Mach-Zehnder …

Publisher Summary This chapter describes the nonlinear wave propagation in planar
structures. The two categories of integrated all-optical devices can be anticipated on the …

Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the nonlinear optics in composite materials. The
chapter presents the different experimental and theoretical results relating to nonlinear …

In 1962 Askaryan made an important contribution to nonlinear optics. In a study of
microwaves, he predicted the way a nonlinear refractive index can oppose the linear …

A pump–probe Mach–Zehnder interferometer was used to investigate the nonlinear-optical
properties of CdSxSe_1-x-doped glass channel waveguides. The technique is used in situ …

Saturation effects on modulational instability in saturable non-Kerr-like semiconductor
doped glass fibers in a steady-state regime are investigated. Several saturation functions for …