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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Boyd, Robert W., 1948-
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Burlington, MA : Academic Press, ©2008.
Edition3rd ed.
Subjects
Nonlinear optics.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9780080569598
0080569595
9780123694706
0123694701
9780080485966
0080485960
Physical Description1 online resource (xix, 613 pages) : illustrations

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Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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