Nonlinear optics
Nonlinear optics is the study of the interaction of intense laser light with matter. The book introduces the entire field of optical physics and specifically the area of nonlinear optics. It focuses on fundamental issues including the electromagnetic origin of optical phenomena, the quantum mechanic...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Burlington, MA
Academic Press
2008
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| Edition: | 3rd ed |
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| Collection: | O'Reilly - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- The nonlinear susceptibility
- Wave-equation description of nonlinear optical interactions
- Quantum-mechanical theory of the nonlinear optical susceptibility
- The intensity-dependent refractive index
- Molecular origin of the nonlinear optical response
- Nonlinear optics in the two-level approximation
- Processes resulting from the intensity-dependent refractive index
- Spontaneous light scattering and acoustooptics
- Stimulated Brillouin and stimulated Rayleigh scattering
- Stimulated Raman scattering and stimulated Rayleigh-Wing scattering
- The electrooptic and photorefractive effects
- Optically induced damage and multiphoton absorption
- Ultrafast and intense-field nonlinear optics