Modern Optics and Photonics of Nano- And Microsystems

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 Introduction
 Chapter 1. Fundamentals of nonlinear optics
 Introduction
 1.1. Polarization of dielectrics in a constant electric field
 1.2. Polarization of an isotropic dielectric in a light field
 1.3. Interaction of high intensity electromagnetic fields with the nonlinear medium
 1.3.1. Generation of the second harmonics
 1.3.2. The phase synchronism condition
 1.3.3. Generation of the second optical harmonic (SHG
 1.4. The Kerr effect in a nonlinear medium
 1.4.1. Static Kerr effect
 1.4.2. Dynamic (optical) Kerr effect. 1.5. Kerr self-focusing of light in a nonlinear medium1.6. Plasma self-focusing
 1.7. Phase self-modulation of light radiation
 Chapter 2. Filamentation phenomena and generation of supercontinuum in propagation of laser pulses in a nonlinear medium
 Introduction
 2.2. Filamentation of pulsed radiation in gaseous media
 2.3. Filamentation of laser radiation in the atmosphere
 Chapter 3. Photonic crystals
 Introduction
 3.1. Band gaps of photonic crystals
 3.2. Defects in photonic crystals
 3.3. Photonic crystal fibres
 3.3.1. Bragg fibre optic lightguides
 3.3.2. 2D-photonic crystal fibres. Chapter 4. Nonlinear optics of fibre waveguidesIntroduction
 4.1. Nonlinear optical processes in optical fibres
 4.2. Waveguide enhancement of the efficiency of nonlinear optical processes in fibre guides
 4.3. Phase self-modulation of radiation in optical fibres
 4.4. Effect of dispersion on nonlinear processes in optical fibres
 4.5. Phase cross-modulation of pulses in fibre guides
 4.6. Four-wave mixing of waves
 4.7. Stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) radiation in optical fibres
 4.8. Stimulated Mandel'shtam-Brillouin scattering in optical fibres. 4.9. The propagation of ultrashort laser pulses in optical fibres4.9.1. Pumping in the region of normal dispersion
 4.9.2. Pumping in the region of anomalous dispersion
 4.10. Generation of a supercontinuum in optical fibres
 4.11. Nonlinear properties of photonic crystal fibres
 4.11.1. Dispersive properties of microstructured (MS) optical fibres
 4.11.2. Generation of a supercontinuum in MS optical fibres, for which the pump pulse wavelength lies in the region of anomalous dispersion. 4.11.3. Generation of supercontinuum in MS fibre lightguides in pumping in the region of normal dispersion4.11.4. Generation of supercontinuum in MS optical fibres having two zero-dispersion wavelengths
 4.11.5. Nonlinear optical properties of holey PC optical fibres
 Chapter 5. Fibre lasers
 Introduction
 5.1. The principle of the fibre laser
 5.1.1. Active optical fibres
 5.1.2. Resonators of fibre lasers
 5.1.2.1. Fabry-Perot type resonators
 5.1.2.2. Ring fibre resonators
 5.1.2.3. Resonator based on fibre Bragg gratings.