Nonlinear fibre optics

This doctoral level course will present an overview of nonlinear optical effects in waveguides. It includes:

• The  review of properties of waveguides and the presentation of the difference sources of optical nonlinearites 
• The description of nonlinearities of the third order: the optical Kerr effect, self phase modulation,  modulation instability, solitons, four wave mixing, parametric amplification, supercontinuum generation
• The description of inelastic scatterings: spontaneous Brillouin and Raman scatterings, stimulated scatterings, amplification and lasers, distributed fibre sensors.
• Slow and fast light.

The exam will consist in the presentation on a topic part of a given list - this will take place on Friday Dec 9th. All students have to attend the presentations which are part of the class.