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Dynamics of non-linear optical systems : proceedings of the International Workshop, Santander, Spain, 24-27 October, 1988

Luis Pesquera, Francisco Javier Bermejo

Published Jan 1, 1989• 1 citation

Abstract

The meeting will provide an up-to-date, state-of-the-art exposition of results and techniques concerning theoretical and experimental studies of optical devices showing strong non-linear behaviour. Special attention will be paid towards the production of intense squeezed and sub-Poissionian light, formation of spatial patterns in laser systems, atomic dynamics in intense laser fields and the characterization of instabilities and chaotic dynamics in optical media.

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