本书全面、系统地从物理学的观点考察了非线性效应，并讨论了利用非线性效应提高信号容量的相关问题。更大的带宽、更密的频道间隔和更高的信号强度使得非线性效应在远程通信系统性能中的作用更加重要。本书包含了作者丰富的实践经验和实验结果，分别讨论了非线性效应在信号处理、超快光学开关、波长转换、非线性放大以及光学相位中的应用，本书作者——德国电信的施奈德（Thomas Schneider）向读者展现了如何利用非线性效应来增加带宽以及克服先前局限的创新想法。本书每章后配有总结和习题，可以作为研究生教材使用。

本书目录：

1.Introduction

Part I.Fundamentals of Linear and Nonlinear Optics

2.Overview of Linear Optical Effects

2.1 The Wave Equation for Linear Media

2.2 Solution of the Linear Wave Equation

2.3 The Harmonic Oscillator Model

2.4 Attenuation

2.5 Amplification

2.6 The Refractive Index

2.6.1 The Sellmeier Equation

2.6.2 Phase Velocity, Group Velocity, and Dispersion

2.7 Birefringence

Summary

Exercises

3.Optical Telecommumcations

3.1 Fiber Types

3.1.1 Step-Index and Graded-Index Fibers

3.2 Single Mode Fibers

3.2.1 Single Mode Fiber Types

3.3 Highly Nonlinear and Photonic Fibers

3.4 Modulation

3.5 Optical Transport Technologies

Summary

Exercises

4.Nonlinear Effects

4.1 The Nonlinear Oscillator

4.2 Nonlinear Polarization

4.3 The Nonlinear Susceptibility

4.3.1 Estimation of the Order of Magnitude

of the Susceptibilities

4.4 The Nonlinear Wave Equation

4.5 Second Order Nonlinear Phenomena

4.6 Third Order Nonlinear Phenomena

4.7 The Nonlinear Refractive Index

4.8 Effective Area and Nonlinear Coefficient

4.9 Effective Length

4.10 Phase Matching

4.11 Capacity Limit of Optical Fibers

Summary

Exercises

Part II.Nonlinear Effects in Optical Waveguides

5.The Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation

5.1 Derivation of the Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation

5.2 Dispersion and Nonlinear Length

5.3 The Linear Term

5.4 Dispersion Management

5.5 The Nonlinear Term

5.6 Numerical Solution of the NSE

Summary

Exercises

6.Self-and Cross-Phase Modulation

6.1 Self-Phase Modulation (SPM)

6.1.1 SPM\\'s Impact on Communication Systems

6.1.2 Experimental Results

6.2 Cross-Phase Modulation (XPM)

6.2.1 Polarization Dependence of XPM

6.2.2 XPM\\'s Impact on Communication Systems

Summary

Exercises

7.Four-Wave-Mixing (FWM)

7.1 Mixing between WDM Channels

7.2 Mathematical Description of FWM

7.3 Phase Matching

7.4 FWM\\'s Impact on Communication Systems

7.5 FWM Suppression

7.6 Experimental Results

7.7 Polarization Dependence of FWM

7.7.1 Numerical Simulation

7.7.2 Results

Summary

Exercises

8.Intrachannel Nonlinear Effects

8.1 Mathematical Description

8.2 SPM and IXPM

8.3 IFWM and Ghost Pulses

8.4 IFWM Suppression

Summary

Exercises

9.Solitons

9.1 Mathematical Description

9.2 Higher Order Solitons

9.3 Limits of Solitons

9.3.1 The Gordon-Haus Effect

9.3.2 The Acoustic Effect

9.4 Increasing the Bit Rate in Soliton Systems

9.5 Mutual Interaction Between Solitons

9.6 Dispersion-Managed Solitons

Summary

Exercises

10.Raman Scattering

10.1 The Scattering of Light

10.2 Origin of Raman Scattering

10.2.1 Raman Scattering in the Harmonic Oscillator Model..244

10.3 Raman Scattering in Optical Fibers

10.3.1 Spontaneous and Stimulated Scattering

10.3.2 Threshold of Raman Scattering in Optical Waveguides 253

10.4 Impact of Raman Scattering on Communication Systems

Summary

Exercises

11.Brillouin Scattering

11.1 Scattering of Optical Waves at Sound Waves

11.2 Spontaneous and Stimulated Brillouin Scattering

11.3 The Brillouin Gain

11.3.1 Spectral Distribution

11.3.2 Frequency Shift

11.3.3 Gain Maximum

11.4 Threshold of Brillouin Scattering

11.5 SBS\\'s impact on Communication Systems

11.6 Brillouin Scattering for Distributed Temperature and Strain Sensors

Summary

Exercises

Part III.Applications of Nonlinear Effects in Telecommunications

12.Optical Signal Processing

12.1 Spectrum Slicing and Nonlinear WDM Sources

12.2 Wavelength Conversion

12.2.1 Wavelength Conversion with FWM

12.2.2 Wavelength Conversion with XPM

12.2.3 Wavelength Conversion with SOA

12.3 Optical Switching

12.3.1 Photorefractive Optical Switches

12.3.2 Optical Switching with the XPM Effect

12.3.3 FWM for Optical Switching

12.3.4 Ultrafast Optical Switching

12.4 Retiming, Reshaping, and All-Optical Clock Recovery

12.5 Optical Filters with SBS

Summary

Exercises

13.Nonlinear Lasers and Amplifiers

13.1 Raman Amplifier

13.2 Raman Laser

13.3 Brillouin Amplifiers and Lasers

13.3.1 Radio-over-Fiber

13.4 Parametric Amplifiers

Summary

Exercises

14.Nonlinear Optical Phase Conjugation

14.1 Phase-Conjugating Mirrors

14.2 Distortion Compensation due to Phase Conjugation

14.3 Theoretical Description of NPC

14.4 Phase Conjugation as Holographic Model

14.5 Mid-span Spectral Inversion

Summary

Exercises

A.Appendices

A.1 div, grad, curl, rot

A.2 The Gaussian Pulse

A.3 Logarithmical Units

References

Index