Nonlinear optics / Robert W. Boyd.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Boyd, Robert W., 1948- author.

Contributor:

Emma Louise McClellan Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nonlinear optics.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 609 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm

Edition:

Fourth edition.

Place of Publication:

London, United Kingdom ; San Diego, CA : Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier, [2020]

Contents:

Note continued: 10.6. Stimulated Rayleigh-Wing Scattering

10.6.1. Polarization Properties of Stimulated Rayleigh-Wing Scattering

Problems

References

ch. 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

11.7.1. Externally Self-Pumped Phase-Conjugate Mirror

11.7.2. Internally Self-Pumped Phase-Conjugate Mirror

11.7.3. Double Phase-Conjugate Mirror

11.7.4. Other Applications of Photorefractive Nonlinear Optics

ch. 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

12.5.1. Theory of Single- and Multiphoton Absorption and Fermi's Golden Rule

12.5.2. Linear (One-Photon) Absorption

12.5.3. Two-Photon Absorption

12.5.4. Multiphoton Absorption

ch. 13 Ultra fast and Intense-Field Nonlinear Optics

13.1. Introduction

13.2. Ultrashort-Pulse Propagation Equation

13.3. Interpretation of the Ultrashort-Pulse Propagation Equation

13.3.1. Self-Steepening

13.3.2. Space-Time Coupling

13.3.3. Supercontinuum Generation

13.4. Intense-Field Nonlinear Optics

13.5. Motion of a Free Electron in a Laser Field

13.6. High-Harmonic Generation

13.7. Tunnel Ionization and the Keldysh Model

13.8. Nonlinear Optics of Plasmas and Relativistic Nonlinear Optics

13.9. Nonlinear Quantum Electrodynamics

Problem

ch. 14 Nonlinear Optics of Plasmonic Systems

14.1. Introduction to Plasmonics

14.2. Simple Derivation of the Plasma Frequency

14.3. The Drude Model

14.4. Optical Properties of Gold

14.5. Surface Plasmon Polaritons

14.6. Electric Field Enhancement in Plasmonic Systems

Appendices

Appendix A The SI System of Units

A.1. Energy Relations and Poynting's Theorem

A.2. The Wave Equation

A.3. Boundary Conditions

Appendix B The Gaussian System of Units

Appendix C Systems of Units in Nonlinear Optics

C.1. Conversion between the Systems

Appendix D Relationship between Intensity and Field Strength

Appendix E Physical Constants

References.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Previous edition: London: Academic, 2008.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Emma Louise McClellan Fund.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9780323850575

032385057X

9780128110027

0128110023

OCLC:

1164488965

Publisher Number:

99987342551