Nonlinear optics

"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"--

Previous edition: London: Academic, 2008.

<p>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</p>

Front Cover -- Nonlinear Optics -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface to the Fourth Edition -- 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 -- 1.2.1 Second-Harmonic Generation -- 1.2.2 Sum- and Difference-Frequency Generation -- 1.2.3 Sum-Frequency Generation -- 1.2.4 Difference-Frequency Generation -- 1.2.5 Optical Parametric Oscillation -- 1.2.6 Third-Order Nonlinear Optical Processes

1.2.7 Third-Harmonic Generation -- 1.2.8 Intensity-Dependent Refractive Index -- Self-Focusing -- 1.2.9 Third-Order Interactions (General Case) -- 1.2.10 Parametric versus Nonparametric Processes -- 1.2.11 Saturable Absorption -- Optical Bistability -- 1.2.12 Two-Photon Absorption -- 1.2.13 Stimulated Raman Scattering -- 1.3 Formal De nition of the Nonlinear Susceptibility -- 1.4 Nonlinear Susceptibility of a Classical Anharmonic Oscillator -- 1.4.1 Noncentrosymmetric Media -- 1.4.2 Miller's Rule -- 1.4.3 Centrosymmetric Media -- 1.5 Properties of the Nonlinear Susceptibility

1.5.1 Reality of the Fields -- 1.5.2 Intrins…