Nonlinear Optics, 4E

Features:

• Description

  Nonlinear Optics, Fourth Edition, is a tutorial-based introduction to nonlinear optics that is suitable for graduate-level courses in electrical and electronic engineering, and for electronic and computer engineering departments, physics departments, and as a reference for industry practitioners of nonlinear optics. It will appeal to a wide audience of optics, physics and electrical and electronic engineering students, as well as practitioners in related fields, such as materials science and chemistry.

  Key Features

  • Presents an introduction to the entire field of optical physics from the perspective of nonlinear optics
  • Combines first-rate pedagogy with a treatment of the fundamental aspects of nonlinear optics
  • Covers all the latest topics and technology in this ever-evolving industry
  • Contains a strong emphasis on fundamentals

  Readership

  Postgraduate students and researchers in optics and photonics in electrical and electronic engineering and physics

  Table of Contents

  1. The Nonlinear Optical Susceptibility
  2. Wave-Equation Description of Nonlinear Optical Interactions
  3. Quantum-Mechanical Theory of the Nonlinear Optical Susceptibility
  4. The Intensity-Dependent Refractive Index
  5. Molecular Origin of the Nonlinear Optical Response
  6. Nonlinear Optics in the Two-Level Approximation
  7. Processes Resulting from the Intensity-Dependent Refractive Index
  8. Spontaneous Light Scattering and Acoustooptics
  9. Stimulated Brillouin and Stimulated Rayleigh Scattering
  10. Stimulated Raman Scattering and Stimulated Rayleigh-Wing Scattering
  11. The Electrooptic and Photorefractive Effects
  12. Optically Induced Damage and Multiphoton Absorption
  13. Ultrafast and Intense-Field Nonlinear Optics
  14. Nonlinear Optics of Plasmonic Systems