Introduction to Non-Kerr Law Optical Solitons (Hardcover)

INTRODUCTION
History
Optical Waveguides

THE NONLINEAR SCHRODINGER EQUATION
Introduction
Traveling Waves
Integrals of Motion
Parameter Evolution
Quasi-Stationary Solution

KERR LAW NONLINEARITY
Introduction
Traveling Wave Solution
Inverse Scattering Transform
Integrals of Motion
Variational Principle
Quasi-Stationary Solution
Lie Transform

POWER LAW NONLINEARITY
Introduction
Traveling Wave Solution
Integrals of Motion
Quasi-Stationary Solution

PARABOLIC LAW NONLINEARITY
Introduction
Traveling Wave Solution
Integrals of Motion
Quasi-Stationary Solution

DUAL-POWER LAW NONLINEARITY
Introduction
Traveling Wave Solution
Integrals of Motion
Quasi-Stationary Solution

SATURABLE LAW NONLINEARITY
Introduction
The NLSE
Bistable Solitons
Arbitrary Pulse Propagation

SOLITON-SOLITON INTERACTION
Introduction
Mathematical Formulation
Quasi-Particle Theory

STOCHASTIC PERTURBATION
Introduction
Kerr Law
Power Law
Parabolic Law
Dual-Power Law

OPTICAL COUPLERS
Introduction
Twin-Core Couplers
Multiple-Core Couplers
Magneto-Optic Waveguides

OPTICAL BULLETS
Introduction
1 + 3 Dimensions

EPILOGUE
HINTS AND SOLUTIONS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX