Fundamentals of nonlinear optics

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Powers, Peter E., Haus, Joseph W. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton, Florida CRC Press 2017
Edition:Second edition
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Collection: O'Reilly - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Includes bibliographical references and index
  • Linear optics
  • Introduction to the nonlinear susceptibility
  • Three-wave processes in the small-signal regime
  • Quasi-phase matching
  • Three-wave mixing beyond the small-signal limit
  • x(2) devices
  • x(3) processes
  • Raman and Brillouin scattering
  • Nonlinear optics including diffraction and dispersion
  • Quantum nonlinear optics
  • Complex notation
  • Sellmeier equations
  • Programming techniques
  • Exact solutions to the coupled amplitude equations
  • Optical fibers: slowly varying envelope equations