TY - BOOK AU - Marowsky,Gerd ED - SpringerLink (Online service) TI - Planar Waveguides and other Confined Geometries: Theory, Technology, Production, and Novel Applications T2 - Springer Series in Optical Sciences, SN - 9781493911790 AV - QC350-467 U1 - 621.36 23 PY - 2015/// CY - New York, NY PB - Springer New York, Imprint: Springer KW - physics KW - Optics KW - Electrodynamics KW - Atoms KW - Lasers KW - Photonics KW - Optoelectronics KW - Plasmons (Physics) KW - Microwaves KW - Optical engineering KW - Optical materials KW - Electronic materials KW - Physics KW - Optics, Optoelectronics, Plasmonics and Optical Devices KW - Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering KW - Optical and Electronic Materials KW - Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics KW - Laser Technology, Photonics KW - Optics and Electrodynamics N1 - 1. Radiation from a semi-infinite unflanged planar dielectric waveguide -- 2. Optimizing second harmonic generation in a circular cylindrical waveguide with embedded regions of nonlinear susceptibility in periodic array along the axis -- 3. Nanoplasmonic Metal–Insulator–Metal Waveguides -- 4. Fiber Laser Photonics -- 5. Fabrication of channel waveguides in chalcogenide glass films by a focused laser beam -- 6. Laser Processed Photonic Devices -- 7. Coupling to planar and strip waveguides -- 8. Nonlinear light propagation in laser-written waveguide arrays -- 9. Stable Power Compression with Efficient Relativistic UV Channel Formation in Cluster Targets -- 10. Fiber Optical 3D Shape Sensing -- 11. Applications of polarization maintaining fibers N2 - This book provides a comprehensive overview of the theoretical concepts and experimental applications of planar waveguides and other confined geometries, such as optical fibres. Covering a broad array of advanced topics, it begins with a sophisticated discussion of planar waveguide theory, and covers subjects including efficient production of planar waveguides, materials selection, nonlinear effects, and applications including species analytics down to single-molecule identification, and thermo-optical switching using planar waveguides. Written by specialists in the techniques and applications covered, this book will be a useful resource for advanced graduate students and researchers studying planar waveguides and optical fibers UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-1179-0 ER -