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The object of this school, held at Cargese, Corsica (France) from
August 12th to 24th 1991, was the presentation of the field of
guided wave nonlinear optics in a comprehensive, coherent, and
heuristic fashion. It seems appropriate that this school began with
an historical introduction by Professor Nicolaas Bloembergen of
Harvard, the acknowledged "father" of nonlinear optics, in general,
and concluded with a round table discussion headed by Dr. Eric
Spitz, the Scientific Director of a multinational electronics
company interested in developing industrial applications of guided
wave nonlinear optics. The lectures covered both the theoretical
framework of the field and applications to basic scientific
research, optical communications and technical instrumentation.
Specific topics developed included materials for guided wave
nonlinear optics, nonlinear interactions using integrated optical
guides, nonlinear surface waves, solitons, fiber nonlinear optics,
ultra-fast coupler switching as well as the related topic of fiber
and integrated optical lasers and amplifiers. Lectures have also
been devoted to squeezed states, chaos and strange attractors. The
subjects covered by the school underlines one of the major ways in
which this field has evolved over the past thirty some odd years.
The path from the original experiments with materials requiring
mega-watt power lasers to the recent developments in guided wave
configurations using milliwatt power diode lasers is marked by the
conjunction of ever improving fundamental scientific comprehension
and continuing technological developments.
The Advanced Study Institute on Fiber and Integrated Optics was
held at Cargese from June 23 to July 7, 1978, at a time when both
fields were undergoing a very rapid evolution. Fiber optics
communications systems, in a multimode form, are moving out of
laboratories and into practical use, and integrated optics is
beginning to produce high performance, single-mode devices. In
addition, the spin-off from the technological developments in both
fields is beginning to have a growing impact on the general field
of experimental physics. The lectures given at Cargese and
assembled here illustrate these points and will be of considerable
interest to both newcomers and people already in these fields. The
lectures in the first eight chapters of the book deal with fiber
and optical communications. The second section, chapters 9-13, is
devoted essentially to integrated optics. The third section,
chapters 14-17, is devoted to technical seminars and the remaining
chapters, 18-22, to national reviews and economic aspects of fiber
systems. On behalf of the organizing committee, which included Drs.
Unger, Arnaud, Scheggi, and Daino, I would like to thank the
Scientific Affairs Division of NATO, and in particular its
director, Dr. T. Kester, for enabling this Advanced Study Institute
to be held. In addition, we would like to offer a very heartfelt
thanks to Marie-France Hanseler, who, aided by Aline Medernach and
G. Sala, created the memorable atmosphere that pervaded the
Institute.
The object of this school, held at Cargese, Corsica (France) from
August 12th to 24th 1991, was the presentation of the field of
guided wave nonlinear optics in a comprehensive, coherent, and
heuristic fashion. It seems appropriate that this school began with
an historical introduction by Professor Nicolaas Bloembergen of
Harvard, the acknowledged "father" of nonlinear optics, in general,
and concluded with a round table discussion headed by Dr. Eric
Spitz, the Scientific Director of a multinational electronics
company interested in developing industrial applications of guided
wave nonlinear optics. The lectures covered both the theoretical
framework of the field and applications to basic scientific
research, optical communications and technical instrumentation.
Specific topics developed included materials for guided wave
nonlinear optics, nonlinear interactions using integrated optical
guides, nonlinear surface waves, solitons, fiber nonlinear optics,
ultra-fast coupler switching as well as the related topic of fiber
and integrated optical lasers and amplifiers. Lectures have also
been devoted to squeezed states, chaos and strange attractors. The
subjects covered by the school underlines one of the major ways in
which this field has evolved over the past thirty some odd years.
The path from the original experiments with materials requiring
mega-watt power lasers to the recent developments in guided wave
configurations using milliwatt power diode lasers is marked by the
conjunction of ever improving fundamental scientific comprehension
and continuing technological developments.
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