Computational Nonlinear and Quantum Optics Group (CNQO)
The Computational Nonlinear Optics and Quantum optics group is recognised as a leading group in the theoretical and computational investigation of pattern formation and control in lasers and nonlinear optics, and in the related topics of cavity solitons and quantum noise sustained structures. The group has introduced and developed several important theoretical and numerical techniques for the analysis of spatio-temporal light fields in nonlinear optical devices, often in European collaborations with INFM, and including quantum as well as semi-classical models. Of particular relevance to the present project, the USTRAT group has been simulating VECSELs with and without SESAM since 2001 in both the cw and pulsed modes of operation, building on a series of codes developed initially for short pulse generation in OPOs. The codes include semiconductor material models, diffraction, dispersion, noise and SESAM elements. The group has access to both multi-processor and parallel-processor Silicon Graphics clusters, and is thus able to model complex dynamical systems in multiple space dimensions.
| Key personnel: | Gian-Luca
Oppo* William J Firth Francesco Papoff Andrew J Scroggie |
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| Contact: | Mrs Jean Lindores (j.lindores-at-strath.ac.uk*) Deparment of Physics University of Strathclyde 107 Rottenrow Glasgow G4 0NG, UK Tel: +44 141 548 3364 Fax: +44 141 552 2891 |
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