Authored Books
This monograph is devoted to a detailed treatment of the nonlinear optical properties of liquid crystals originated by optical reorientation.
Contents:
- Physical Properties of Thermotropics
- Basic Nonlinear Optics
- Light-Induced Director Reorientation
- Thermal Effects
- Optical Properties of Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystals
- Nonlinear Optical Effects in Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystals
World Scientific Publishing Co., Singapore, 1997
https://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/2343
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This is an introductory text on basic properties of matter, the contents are designed for undergraduate students in solid state physics and electrical engineering
Contents:
- Wave Optics
- Basic Quantum Mechanics
- From the Hydrogen Atom to Condensed Matter
- Electrical Properties of Crystals
- Optical Properties
- Laser Electronics
World Scientific Publishing Co., Singapore, 2018
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Edited Books
2023
This book comprises timely contributions from active research groups covering several classes of materials and processes including nano-structured plasmonic and photonic materials, 2-D materials, photo-polymers, liquid crystals, photo-sensitive and opto-thermal, and other specially engineered materials. Novel Optical Materials will serve as a useful reference for researchers, engineers, and optical and materials scientists in both industry and academia. It is also an excellent supplement and reference for graduate courses in materials science, physics, and optical engineering.
World Scientific Publishing Co., Singapore, 2023
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Contents:
- Optical Properties and Emerging Phenomena of Two-Dimensional Materials (Kunyan Zhang, Arpit Jain, Wenjing Wu, Jeewan Ranasinghe, Ziyang Wang, and Shengxi Huang)
- Optothermal Marangoni Effect: Phenomena and Applications (Andrzej Miniewicz, Stanisław Bartkiewicz, Monika Bełej, Katarzyna Grześkiewicz, and Michalina Ślemp)
- Molecular Alignment Patterning Enabled by Novel Photopolymerization with Structured Light and its Optical Applications (Sayuri Hashimoto, Kyohei Hisano, Miho Aizawa, and Atsushi Shishido)
- Nonlinear Optical Propagation in Heliconical Cholesteric Liquid Crystals (Ashot H Gevorgyan and Francesco Simoni)
- Liquid Crystals for Displays, Smart Windows, Tunable Metamaterials, Plasmonic Nanostructures, Micro-ring Resonators, and Ultrafast Laser Manipulations (I C Khoo and T-H Lin)
- Plasmonic-based Biosensors for the Rapid Detection of Harmful Pathogens (Francesca Petronella, Daria Stoia, Yasamin Ziai, Federica Zaccagnini, Viviana Scognamiglio, Dana Maniu, Chiara Rinoldi, Monica Focsan, Amina Antonacci, Filippo Pierini and Luciano De Sio)
- A Double Plasmonic/Photonic Approach for Multilevel Anticounterfeit and Food Safety Applications (Antonio De Luca, Vincenzo Caligiuri, Aniket Patra, Maria P De Santo, Agostino Forestiero, Giuseppe Papuzzo, Dante M Aceti, Giuseppe E Lio, and Riccardo Barberi)
- Laser-Assisted Micromachining and Applications (L Criante, R Ramos-García, and S Bonfadini)
- Novel Photo-sensitive Materials for Microengineering and Energy Harvesting (D Sagnelli, A Vestri, A D’Avino, M Rippa, V Marchesano, F Ratto, A De Girolamo Del Mauro, F Loffredo, F Villani, G Nenna, G Ardila, P Meneroud, J Gauthier, S Duc, M Thomachot, F Claeyssen, and L Petti)
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1997
This research monograph explores novel optical materials and their unique physical, optical, and electronic properties, and the role they play in the newest developments in optical communication, signal, and image processing application and the Information Superhighway. Leading authorities present a detailed treatment of optical materials. The book covers semiconductor quantized structures, polymers, liquid crystals, composite materials, nonlinear crystals, and more.
Wiley and Sons Inc., New York, 1997
https://www.amazon.it/Novel-Optical-Materials-Applications-English-ebook/dp/B000VXHCMK
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Contents:
- Molecular Nonlinear Optics: Fundamentals and Applications (I .Ledoux and J.Zyss)
- Cascading: A Promising Approach to Nonlinear Optical Phenomena (G. Stegemann et al.)
- Ultrashort-Pulse Second Harmonic Generation (A. Knoesen et al.)
- Nonclassical Light Production from Atoms and Nonlinear Excitons (E. Hanamura et al.)
- Nonlinear Effects in Nematics Doped by Dyes and Chiral Agents (G. Abbate et al.)
- Two and Four-Wave Mixing in Photoreactive Materials for Dynamic Correction of Pulsed Laser Beams (L. Mager et al.)
- New Nonlinear Materials for High-Power Frequency Conversion: From the Near-Ultraviolet to the Long-Wave Infrared (M.J. Rosker and H.O. Marcy)
- IntersubbandTransitionsfor Infrared Electro-optics and Nonlinear Optics (J. R. Meyer et al.)
- Toward Subfemtosecond Pulses ans Solitons (A.E. Kaplan and P.L. Shkolnikov)
- Fullurene-Doped Liquid Crystal Fibers and Fiber Arrays for All-Optical Switching (I.C. Khoo)
- Photoinduced Circular Birefringence: Principles, Materials, and Applications (C. Buss et al.)
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1994
This book consists of contributions by leading authorities in nonlinear optics and optical physics. The topics covered include fundamental theories and formalisms on nonlinear optics and current topics of interest in optical physics, as well as more specialized subjects such as phase conjugation, nonlinear guided waves, parametric oscillations and some novel materials.
World Scientific Publishing Co., Singapore, 1994
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https://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/1658
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Contents:
- Interaction of Atoms with Very Intense Fields (C. Altucci et al.)
- Spin-Orbit Interaction of a Photon in an Inhomogeneous Medium (V.S. Liberman & B.Ya. Zel’dovich)
- Photoinduced Magnetic Kerr Rotation in Diluted Magnetic Semiconductors (S. Hugonnard-Bruyère et al.)
- Local Field Corrections in Linear and Nonlinear Optics (R.W. Boyd & J.E. Sipe)
- Electromagnetic Vacuum Confinement Effects in the Optical Microscopic Cavity (F. De Martini et al.)
- Radiative Renormalization Applied to Strong Field, Resonant Nonlinear Optical Interactions (O. Blum et al.)
- Prospects for X-Ray Nonlinear Optics (A.E. Kaplan & P.L. Shkolnikov)
- Principal Nonresonant Optical Nonlinearities of Nematic and Isotropic Liquid Crystals (I.C. Khoo)
- Nonlinear Photonics in Crystalline Organic Multiple Quantum Wells (J.F. Lam)
- Ultrafast All-Optical Waveguide Switching (G.I. Stegeman)
- Resonant Phase Conjugation (C.J. Gaeta)
- Photorefractive Nonlinear Optics and Applications (P. Yeh & C. Gu)
- Optical Parametric Oscillators (C.L. Tang)
- Generation of Femtosecond Laser Pulses and Application to Nonlinear Optics (A. Cybo-Ottone et al.)
- The Optics of Porous Glasses (G.B. Altshuler)
- Periodic Alternation, Chaotic Itinerancy and Space-Time Chaos in Optics: Patterns and Topological Defects (F.T. Arecchi et al.)
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1988
This book is based on lectures delivered at the Summer School on the Physics of Liquid Crystals, held in Bra, Italy. 4-14 October 1988
Organising Co-chairs: R.Bartolino, L.Fronzoni, F.Simoni
It includes seven chapters on microscopic properties of liquid crystals, eight chapters collective phenomena wiht an addition of seven chapters on special topics related to liquid crystals.
Gordon and Breach Science Publisher, Philadelphia, 1991.
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