Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Properties of single-mode optical fibers
- 3 Scalar OPA theory
- 4 Vector OPA theory
- 5 The optical gain spectrum
- 6 The nonlinear Schrödinger equation
- 7 Pulsed-pump OPAs
- 8 OPO theory
- 9 Quantum noise figure of fiber OPAs
- 10 Pump requirements
- 11 Performance results
- 12 Potential applications of fiber OPAs and OPOs
- 13 Nonlinear crosstalk in fiber OPAs
- 14 Distributed parametric amplification
- 15 Prospects for future developments
- Appendices
- A.1 General theorems for solving typical OPA
- A.2 The WKB approximation
- A.3 Jacobian elliptic function solutions
- A.4 Solution of four coupled equations for the six-wave model
- A.5 Summary of useful equations
- Index
A.5 - Summary of useful equations
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 March 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Properties of single-mode optical fibers
- 3 Scalar OPA theory
- 4 Vector OPA theory
- 5 The optical gain spectrum
- 6 The nonlinear Schrödinger equation
- 7 Pulsed-pump OPAs
- 8 OPO theory
- 9 Quantum noise figure of fiber OPAs
- 10 Pump requirements
- 11 Performance results
- 12 Potential applications of fiber OPAs and OPOs
- 13 Nonlinear crosstalk in fiber OPAs
- 14 Distributed parametric amplification
- 15 Prospects for future developments
- Appendices
- A.1 General theorems for solving typical OPA
- A.2 The WKB approximation
- A.3 Jacobian elliptic function solutions
- A.4 Solution of four coupled equations for the six-wave model
- A.5 Summary of useful equations
- Index
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- Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2007