Nonlinear optics and photonics / Guang S. He.
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TextPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.Description: xvii, 631 p., 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cmISBN: - 9780198702764
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Introduction --
2. Nonlinear polarization of an optical medium --
3. Second-order nonlinear (three-wave) frequency mixing --
4. Third-order nonlinear (four-wave) frequency mixing --
5. Induced refractive-index changes --
6. Self-focusing, self-phase modulation, and spectral self-broadening --
7. Stimulated scattering of intense coherent light --
8. Optical phase conjugation --
9. Nonlinear and ultrahigh resolution laser spectroscopy --
10. Optical coherent transient effects --
11. Optical bistability --
12. Optical temporal solitons --
13. Optical spatial solitons --
14. Multi-photon nonlinear optical effects --
15. Nonlinear photoelectric effects --
16. Fast and slow light --
17. Terahertz nonlinear photonics --
18. Detailed theory of nonlinear susceptibilities --
Appendices 1. Physical constants commonly used in nonlinear optics --
Appendices 2. Numerical estimates and conversion of units --
Appendices 3. Tensor elements of the linear susceptibility for crystals and other media --
Appendices 4. Tensor elements of the second-order susceptibility for various crystal classes --
Appendices 5. Tensor elements of the susceptibility of second-harmonic generation for various crystal classes --
Appendices 6. Tensor elements of the third-order susceptibility for crystals and other media --
Appendices 7. Tensor elements of the nuclear third-order susceptibility in the Born-Oppenheimer approximation --
Appendices 8. Derivation of formulae for self-induced transparency of a 2[pi]-pulse--
Index.
This book provides a comprehensive presentation on most of the major topics in nonlinear optics and photonics, with equal emphasis on principles, experiments, techniques, and applications. It covers many major new topics including optical solitons, multi-photon effects, nonlinear photoelectric effects, fast and slow light , and Terahertz photonics.
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