Nonlinear Optics

Nonlinear optics is the study of the interaction of laser light with matter. The third edition of this text has been rewritten to conform to the SI standard.

The book introduces the area of nonlinear optics. It focuses on the optical and optical phenomena, as well as Kramer. Kronig relations, and ultrafast and high-intensity optical effects. The nonlinear optics, optic oscillators, optic oscillators, optic oscillators.

This edition contains new material on:
. Applications of harmonic packaging, including microscopes and biophotonics
. Electromagnetically induced transparency
. Spectroscopy based on coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (CARS)


Nonlinear Optics appeals to the wide audience of physics, optics, and electrical engineering students. Those in related fields, such as the science of chemistry.

* Presents an introduction to the entire field of optical nonlinear optics.
* Combines first rate pedagogy with nonlinear optics

* Covers all the latest in the ever-evolving industry

* Strong emphasis on the fundamentals

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