Nonlinear optics / Robert W. Boyd.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Boyd, Robert W., 1948-

Contributor:

ScienceDirect (Online service)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nonlinear optics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 613 pages) : illustrations

polychrome

Edition:

Third edition.

Place of Publication:

Burlington, MA : Academic Press, [2008]

System Details:

data file

Summary:

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.

Contents:

The nonlinear susceptibility

Wave-equation description of nonlinear optical interactions

Quantum-mechanical theory of the nonlinear optical susceptibility

The intensity-dependent refractive index

Molecular origin of the nonlinear optical response

Nonlinear optics in the two-level approximation

Processes resulting from the intensity-dependent refractive index

Spontaneous light scattering and acoustooptics

Stimulated Brillouin and stimulated Rayleigh scattering

Stimulated Raman scattering and stimulated Rayleigh-Wing scattering

The electrooptic and photorefractive effects

Optically induced damage and multiphoton absorption

Ultrafast and intense-field nonlinear optics.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Amsterdam Available via World Wide Web.

Print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Boyd, Robert W., 1948- Nonlinear optics.

ISBN:

9780080569598

0080569595

9780123694706

0123694701

9780080485966

0080485960

Publisher Number:

99989230850

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.