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Third Edition
By
Robert Boyd, Professor of Optics and Physics, The Institute of Optics, University of Rochester, NY, USA
Description
Nonlinear optics is the study of the interaction of intense laser light with matter. The third edition of this textbook has been rewritten
to conform to the standard SI system of units and includes comprehensively updated material on the latest developments in the field.
The book introduces the entire field of optical physics and specifically the area of nonlinear optics. It focuses on the fundamental
issues including the electromagnetic origin of optical phenomena, the quantum mechanical description of the optical properties of matter,
the role of spatial symmetries in determining the optical response, causality and Kramers Kronig relations, and ultrafast and high intensity
optical effects. The book also covers applied aspects of nonlinear optics such as harmonic generation, the operation of parametric oscillators,
optical switching, photonics, materials issues in nonlinear optics, and processes such as laser damage that can restrict the use of nonlinear
optics.
This edition contains new material on: – Applications of harmonic generation including applications within the fields of microscopy
and biophotonics – Electromagnetically induced transparency – Spectroscopy based on coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (CARS)
Nonlinear
Optics appeals to a wide audience of physics, optics, and electrical engineering students, as well as to working researchers and engineers.
Those in related fields, such as materials science and chemistry, will also find this book of particular interest.
Audience
Graduate-level courses on nonlinear optics in EE, ECE and Physics departments. Reference for practitioners of nonlinear optics.
Contents
Chapter 1: The Nonlinear Optical Susceptibility
Chapter 2: Wave Equation Description of Nonlinear Optical Interactions
Chapter 3: Quantum-Mechanical
Theory of the Nonlinear Optical Susceptibility
Chapter 4: The Intensity-Dependent Refractive Index
Chapter 5: Molecular Origina of the
Nonlinear Optical Response
Chapter 6: Nonlinear Optics in the Two-Level Approximation
Chapter 7: Processes Resulting from the Intensity-Dependent
Refractive Index
Chapter 8: Spontaneous Light Scattering and Acoustooptics
Chapter 9: Stimulated Brillouin and Stimulated Rayleigh Scattering
Chapter 10: Stimulated Raman Scattering and Stimulated Rayleigh-Wing Scatering
Chapter 11: The Electrooptic and Photorefractive Effects
Chapter 12: Optically Induced Damage and Multiphoton Absorption
Chapter 13: Ultrafast and Intense-Field Nonlinear Optics
Appendix A:
The Gaussian System of Units
Appendix B: Systems of Units in Nonlinear Optics
Appendix C: Relationship between Intensity and Field Strength
Appendix D: Physical Constants
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Hardbound, 640 pages, publication date: MAR-2008
ISBN-13: 978-0-12-369470-6
ISBN-10: 0-12-369470-1
Imprint: ACADEMIC PRESS
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