Chapter 1 Introduction ..........................................................................................1
Chapter 2 Nonlinear Effects in Optical Fibers .....................................................5
Chapter 3 Optical Solitons ..................................................................................25
Chapter 4 Highly Nonlinear Fibers..................................................................... 43
Chapter 5 Supercontinuum Generation ............................................................... 59
Chapter 6 Optical Pulse Amplification ............................................................... 73
Chapter 7 All-Optical Switching ........................................................................ 91
Chapter 8 Wavelength Conversion .................................................................... 103
Chapter 9 Optical Regeneration ........................................................................ 117
Biography
Mário F. S. Ferreira received his PhD degree in 1992 in physics from the University of Aveiro, Portugal, where he is now a professor in the Physics Department. Between 1990 and 1991, he was at the University of Essex, UK, performing experimental work on external cavity semiconductor lasers and nonlinear optical fiber amplifiers. His research interests have been concerned with the modeling and characterization of multisection semiconductor lasers, quantum well lasers, optical fiber amplifiers and lasers, soliton propagation, nanophotonics, optical sensors, polarization, and nonlinear effects in optical fibers. He has written more than 400 scientific journal and conference publications and several books in the area of mathematical physics, optics, and photonics. He has served as chair and committee member of multiple international conferences, as well as guest editor and advisory board member of several international journals.
