Nonlinear optics /

Nonlinear Optics is a complete, self-contained, applications-oriented introduction to the field. In an effort to make this book as accessible as possible to its intended audience, E. G. Sauter has foregone quantum mechanical descriptions, choosing instead to treat the subject of nonlinear optics in...

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Main Author: Sauter, E. G., 1932-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Wiley, c1996.
Series:Wiley series in microwave and optical engineering.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Electric Field and Polarization
  • 2. Wave Propagation in Nonlinear Anisotropic Media
  • 3. Pockels Effect and Related Phenomena
  • 4. Second Harmonic Generation
  • 5. Parametric Effects
  • 6. Raman and Brillouin Effect
  • 7. Optical Kerr Effect
  • 8. Four-Wave Mixing
  • 9. Propagation of Light Pulses
  • 10. Solitons
  • 11. Nonlinear Effects in Glass Fibers
  • App. A. Notation
  • App. B. Conversion of Units for Susceptibility
  • App. C. Tables of Susceptibility Tensors
  • App. D. Permutation Symmetry for Losslessness
  • App. E. Inverse Scattering Theory.