NONLINEAR-OPTICAL PATTERNS - CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM EFFECTS, PERSPECTIVES FOR APPLICATIONS

Authors
LUGIATO LA BARNETT SM BRAMBILLA M GATTI A MARZOLI I OPPO GL PRATI F STEFANI M TRAVAGNIN M WIEDEMANN H
Citation
La. Lugiato et al., NONLINEAR-OPTICAL PATTERNS - CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM EFFECTS, PERSPECTIVES FOR APPLICATIONS, Philosophical transactions-Royal Society of London. Physical sciences and engineering, 354(1708), 1996, pp. 767-778
Citations number
45
Categorie Soggetti
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Journal title
Philosophical transactions-Royal Society of London. Physical sciences and engineering → ACNP
ISSN journal
09628428
Volume
354
Issue
1708
Year of publication
1996
Pages
767 - 778
Database
ISI
SICI code
0962-8428(1996)354:1708<767:NP-CAQ>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
We introduce the field of transverse nonlinear optics, and discuss som e perspectives for applications, namely the use of spatial solitons fo r parallel information processing, femtojoule switching and logic gate s in vertical cavity surface emitting lasers. We illustrate the quantu m aspects of nonlinear optical patterns, focusing on quantum images an d critical fluctuations in the degenerate optical parametric oscillato r below threshold.