Nonlinear optics. (2008)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Robert W. Boyd.
• Other Names: Boyd, Robert W, 1948-
• Contents: Preface to the Third Edition; ; Preface to the Second Edition; ; Preface to the First Edition; ; 1. The Nonlinear Optical Susceptibility; ; 1.1. Introduction to Nonlinear Optics; ; 1.2. Descriptions of Nonlinear Optical Processes; ; 1.3. Formal Definition of the Nonlinear Susceptibility; ; 1.4. Nonlinear Susceptibility of a Classical Anharmonic Oscillator; ; 1.5. Properties of the Nonlinear Susceptibility; ; 1.6. Time-Domain Description of Optical Nonlinearities; ; 1.7. Kramers-Kronig Relations in Linear and Nonlinear Optics; ; Problems; ; References; ; 2. Wave-Equation Description of Nonlinear Optical Interactions; ; 2.1. The Wave Equation for Nonlinear Optical Media; ; 2.2. The Coupled-Wave Equations for Sum-Frequency Generation; ; 2.3. Phase Matching; ; 2.4. Quasi-Phase-Matching; ; 2.5. The Manley-Rowe Relations; ; 2.6. Sum-Frequency Generation; ; 2.7. Second-Harmonic Generation; ; 2.8. Difference-Frequency Generation and Parametric Amplification; ; 2.9. Optical Parametric Oscillators; ; 2.10. Nonlinear Optical Interactions with Focused Gaussian Beams; ; 2.11. Nonlinear Optics at an Interface; ; Problems; ; References; ; 3. Quantum-Mechanical Theory of the Nonlinear Optical Susceptibility; ; 3.1. Introduction; ; 3.2. Schrödinger Calculation of Nonlinear Optical Susceptibility; ; 3.3. Density Matrix Formulation of Quantum Mechanics; ; 3.4. Perturbation Solution of the Density Matrix Equation of Motion; ; 3.5. Density Matrix Calculation of the Linear Susceptibility; ; 3.6. Density Matrix Calculation of the Second-Order Susceptibility; ; 3.7. Density Matrix Calculation of the Third-Order Susceptibility 18; ; 3.8. Electromagnetically Induced Transparency; ; 3.9. Local-Field Corrections to the Nonlinear Optical Susceptibility; ; Problems; ; References; ; 4. The Intensity-Dependent Refractive Index; ; 4.1. Descriptions of the Intensity-Dependent Refractive Index; ; 4.2. Tensor Nature of the Third-Order Susceptibility; ; 4.3. Nonresonant Electronic Nonlinearities; ; 4.4. Nonlinearities Due to Molecular Orientation; ; 4.5. Thermal Nonlinear Optical Effects; ; 4.6. Semiconductor Nonlinearities; ; 4.7. Concluding Remarks; ; References; ; 5. Molecular Origin of the Nonlinear Optical Response; ; 5.1. Nonlinear Susceptibilities Calculated Using Time-Independent Perturbation Theory; ; 5.2. Semiempirical Models of the Nonlinear Optical Susceptibility; ; Model of Boling, Glass, and Owyoung; ; 5.3. Nonlinear Optical Properties of Conjugated Polymers; ; 5.4. Bond-Charge Model of Nonlinear Optical Properties; ; 5.5. Nonlinear Optics of Chiral Media; ; 5.6. Nonlinear Optics of Liquid Crystals; ; Problems; ; References; ; 6. Nonlinear Optics in the Two-Level Approximation; ; 6.1. Introduction; ; 6.2. Density Matrix Equations of Motion for a Two-Level Atom; ; 6.3. Steady-State Response of a Two-Level Atom to a Monochromatic Field; ; 6.4. Optical Bloch Equations; ; 6.5. Rabi Oscillations and Dressed Atomic States; ; 6.6. Optical Wave Mixing in Two-Level Systems; ; Problems; ; References; ; 7. Processes Resulting from the Intensity-Dependent Refractive Index; ; 7.1. Self-Focusing of Light and Other Self-Action Effects; ; 7.2. Optical Phase Conjugation; ; 7.3. Optical Bistability and Optical Switching; ; 7.4. Two-Beam Coupling; ; 7.5. Pulse Propagation and Temporal Solitons; ; Problems; ; References; ; 8. Spontaneous Light Scattering and Acoustooptics; ; 8.1. Features of Spontaneous Light Scattering; ; 8.2. Microscopic Theory of Light Scattering; ; 8.3. Thermodynamic Theory of Scalar Light Scattering; ; 8.4. Acoustooptics; ; Problems; ; References; ; 9. Stimulated Brillouin and Stimulated Rayleigh Scattering; ; 9.1. Stimulated Scattering Processes; ; 9.2. Electrostriction; ; 9.3. Stimulated Brillouin Scattering (Induced by Electrostriction); ; 9.4. Phase Conjugation by Stimulated Brillouin Scattering; ; 9.5. Stimulated Brillouin Scattering in Gases; ; 9.6. Stimulated Brillouin and Stimulated Rayleigh Scattering; ; Problems; ; References; ; 10. Stimulated Raman Scattering and Stimulated Rayleigh-Wing Scattering; ; 10.1. The Spontaneous Raman Effect; ; 10.2. Spontaneous versus Stimulated Raman Scattering; ; 10.3. Stimulated Raman Scattering Described by the Nonlinear Polarization; ; 10.4. Stokes-Anti-Stokes Coupling in Stimulated Raman Scattering; ; 10.5. Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Scattering; ; 10.6. Stimulated Rayleigh-Wing Scattering; ; Problems; ; References; ; 11. The Electrooptic and Photorefractive Effects; ; 11.1. Introduction to the Electrooptic Effect; ; 11.2. Linear Electrooptic Effect; ; 11.3. Electrooptic Modulators; ; 11.4. Introduction to the Photorefractive Effect; ; 11.5. Photorefractive Equations of Kukhtarev et al; ; 11.6. Two-Beam Coupling in Photorefractive Materials; ; 11.7. Four-Wave Mixing in Photorefractive Materials; ; Problems; ; References; ; 12. Optically Induced Damage and Multiphoton Absorption; ; 12.1. Introduction to Optical Damage; ; 12.2. Avalanche-Breakdown Model; ; 12.3. Influence of Laser Pulse Duration; ; 12.4. Direct Photoionization; ; 12.5. Multiphoton Absorption and Multiphoton Ionization; ; Problems; ; References; ; 13. Ultrafast and Intense-Field Nonlinear Optics; ; 13.1. Introduction; ; 13.2. Ultrashort Pulse Propagation Equation; ; 13.3. Interpretation of the Ultrashort-Pulse Propagation Equation; ; 13.4. Intense-Field Nonlinear Optics; ; 13.5. Motion of a Free Electron in a Laser Field; ; 13.6. High-Harmonic Generation; ; 13.7. Nonlinear Optics of Plasmas and Relativistic Nonlinear Optics; ; 13.8. Nonlinear Quantum Electrodynamics; ; Problem; ; References; ; Appendices; ; A. The SI System of Units; ; Further reading; ; B. The Gaussian System of Units; ; Further reading; ; C. Systems of Units in Nonlinear Optics; ; D. Relationship between Intensity and Field Strength; ; E. Physical Constants; ; Index; ; ; ; ;
• Edition: 3rd ed
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Academic Press
• Publication Date: 2008
• Extent: 1 online resource (640 pages)
• Subjects: 535/.2; Nonlinear optics
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780080485966; 0080485960
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