Optical Nonlinearities in Chalcogenide Glasses and Their Applications

An Introduction to Chalcogenide Glasses.- Basic Concepts of Nonlinear Optics.- Experimental Techniques to Measure Nonlinear Optical Constants.- Measurement of Nonlinear Optical Constants.- Optical Nonlinearities in Chalcogenide Fibres.- Optical Switching in Chalcogenide Glasses.- Issues and Future Directions.