Optical Solitons: From Fibers to Photonic Crystals

by Yuri S. Kivshar and Govind P. Agrawal

The current research into solitons and their use in fiber optic communications is very important to the future of communications. Since the advent of computer networking and high speed data transmission technology people have been striving to develop faster and more reliable communications media. Optical pulses tend to broaden over relatively short distances due to dispersion, but solitons on the other hand are not as susceptible to the effects of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0124105904
• ISBN13: 9780124105904
• Release Date: March 2003
• Publisher: Academic Press
• Length: 540 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.5"