Preface to the Third Edition |
Preface to the Second Edition |
Preface to the First Edition |
The Nonlinear Optical Susceptibility / 1: |
Introduction to Nonlinear Optics / 1.1: |
Descriptions of Nonlinear Optical Processes / 1.2: |
Formal Definition of the Nonlinear Susceptibility / 1.3: |
Nonlinear Susceptibility of a Classical Anharmonic Oscillator / 1.4: |
Properties of the Nonlinear Susceptibility / 1.5: |
Time-Domain Description of Optical Nonlinearities / 1.6: |
Kramers-Kronig Relations in Linear and Nonlinear Optics / 1.7: |
Problems |
References |
Wave-Equation Description of Nonlinear Optical Interactions / 2: |
The Wave Equation for Nonlinear Optical Media / 2.1: |
The Coupled-Wave Equations for Sum-Frequency Generation / 2.2: |
Phase Matching / 2.3: |
Quasi-Phase-Matching / 2.4: |
The Manley-Rowe Relations / 2.5: |
Sum-Frequency Generation / 2.6: |
Second-Harmonic Generation / 2.7: |
Difference-Frequency Generation and Parametric Amplification / 2.8: |
Optical Parametric Oscillators / 2.9: |
Nonlinear Optical Interactions with Focused Gaussian Beams / 2.10: |
Nonlinear Optics at an Interface / 2.11: |
Quantum-Mechanical Theory of the Nonlinear Optical Susceptibility / 3: |
Introduction / 3.1: |
Schrodinger Calculation of Nonlinear Optical Susceptibility / 3.2: |
Density Matrix Formulation of Quantum Mechanics / 3.3: |
Perturbation Solution of the Density Matrix Equation of Motion / 3.4: |
Density Matrix Calculation of the Linear Susceptibility / 3.5: |
Density Matrix Calculation of the Second-Order Susceptibility / 3.6: |
Density Matrix Calculation of the Third-Order Susceptibility / 3.7: |
Electromagnetically Induced Transparency / 3.8: |
Local-Field Corrections to the Nonlinear Optical Susceptibility / 3.9: |
The Intensity-Dependent Refractive Index / 4: |
Descriptions of the Intensity-Dependent Refractive Index / 4.1: |
Tensor Nature of the Third-Order Susceptibility / 4.2: |
Nonresonant Electronic Nonlinearities / 4.3: |
Nonlinearities Due to Molecular Orientation / 4.4: |
Thermal Nonlinear Optical Effects / 4.5: |
Semiconductor Nonlinearities / 4.6: |
Concluding Remarks / 4.7: |
Molecular Origin of the Nonlinear Optical Response / 5: |
Nonlinear Susceptibilities Calculated Using Time-Independent Perturbation Theory / 5.1: |
Semiempirical Models of the Nonlinear Optical Susceptibility / 5.2: |
Model of Boling, Glass, and Owyoung |
Nonlinear Optical Properties of Conjugated Polymers / 5.3: |
Bond-Charge Model of Nonlinear Optical Properties / 5.4: |
Nonlinear Optics of Chiral Media / 5.5: |
Nonlinear Optics of Liquid Crystals / 5.6: |
Nonlinear Optics in the Two-Level Approximation / 6: |
Density Matrix Equations of Motion for a Two-Level Atom / 6.1: |
Steady-State Response of a Two-Level Atom to a Monochromatic Field / 6.3: |
Optical Bloch Equations / 6.4: |
Rabi Oscillations and Dressed Atomic States / 6.5: |
Optical Wave Mixing in Two-Level Systems / 6.6: |
Processes Resulting from the Intensity-Dependent Refractive Index / 7: |
Self-Focusing of Light and Other Self-Action Effects / 7.1: |
Optical Phase Conjugation / 7.2: |
Optical Bistability and Optical Switching / 7.3: |
Two-Beam Coupling / 7.4: |
Pulse Propagation and Temporal Solitons / 7.5: |
Spontaneous Light Scattering and Acoustooptics / 8: |
Features of Spontaneous Light Scattering / 8.1: |
Microscopic Theory of Light Scattering / 8.2: |
Thermodynamic Theory of Scalar Light Scattering / 8.3: |
Acoustooptics / 8.4: |
Stimulated Brillouin and Stimulated Rayleigh Scattering / 9: |
Stimulated Scattering Processes / 9.1: |
Electrostriction / 9.2: |
Stimulated Brillouin Scattering (Induced by Electrostriction) / 9.3: |
Phase Conjugation by Stimulated Brillouin Scattering / 9.4: |
Stimulated Brillouin Scattering in Gases / 9.5: |
Stimulated Raman Scattering and Stimulated Rayleigh-Wing Scattering / 9.6: |
The Spontaneous Raman Effect / 10.1: |
Spontaneous versus Stimulated Raman Scattering / 10.2: |
Stimulated Raman Scattering Described by the Nonlinear Polarization / 10.3: |
Stokes-Anti-Stokes Coupling in Stimulated Raman Scattering / 10.4: |
Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Scattering / 10.5: |
Stimulated Rayleigh-Wing Scattering / 10.6: |
The Electrooptic and Photorefractive Effects / 11: |
Introduction to the Electrooptic Effect / 11.1: |
Linear Electrooptic Effect / 11.2: |
Electrooptic Modulators / 11.3: |
Introduction to the Photorefractive Effect / 11.4: |
Photorefractive Equations of Kukhtarev et al. / 11.5: |
Two-Beam Coupling in Photorefractive Materials / 11.6: |
Four-Wave Mixing in Photorefractive Materials / 11.7: |
Optically Induced Damage and Multiphoton Absorption / 12: |
Introduction to Optical Damage / 12.1: |
Avalanche-Breakdown Model / 12.2: |
Influence of Laser Pulse Duration / 12.3: |
Direct Photoionization / 12.4: |
Multiphoton Absorption and Multiphoton Ionization / 12.5: |
Ultrafast and Intense-Field Nonlinear Optics / 13: |
Ultrashort Pulse Propagation Equation / 13.1: |
Interpretation of the Ultrashort-Pulse Propagation Equation / 13.3: |
Intense-Field Nonlinear Optics / 13.4: |
Motion of a Free Electron in a Laser Field / 13.5: |
High-Harmonic Generation / 13.6: |
Nonlinear Optics of Plasmas and Relativistic Nonlinear Optics / 13.7: |
Nonlinear Quantum Electrodynamics / 13.8: |
Problem |
Appendices |
The SI System of Units / A: |
Further reading |
The Gaussian System of Units / B: |
Systems of Units in Nonlinear Optics / C: |
Relationship between Intensity and Field Strength / D: |
Physical Constants / E: |
Index |
Preface to the Third Edition |
Preface to the Second Edition |
Preface to the First Edition |
The Nonlinear Optical Susceptibility / 1: |
Introduction to Nonlinear Optics / 1.1: |
Descriptions of Nonlinear Optical Processes / 1.2: |