Preface to the Fourth Edition |
Preface to the Third Edition |
Preface to the Second Edition |
Preface to the First Edition |
The Nonlinear Optical Susceptibility / Chapter 1: |
Introduction to Nonlinear Optics / 1.1: |
Descriptions of Nonlinear Optical Processes / 1.2: |
Second-Harmonic Generation / 1.2.1: |
Sum- and Difference-Frequency Generation / 1.2.2: |
Sum-Frequency Generation / 1.2.3: |
Difference-Frequency Generation / 1.2.4: |
Optical Parametric Oscillation / 1.2.5: |
Third-Order Nonlinear Optical Processes / 1.2.6: |
Third-Harmonic Generation / 1.2.7: |
Intensity-Dependent Refractive Index / 1.2.8: |
Third-Order Interactions (General Case) / 1.2.9: |
Parametric versus Nonparametric Processes / 1.2.10: |
Saturable Absorption / 1.2.11: |
Two-Photon Absorption / 1.2.12: |
Stimulated Raman Scattering / 1.2.13: |
Formal Definition of the Nonlinear Susceptibility / 1.3: |
Nonlinear Susceptibility of a Classical Anharmonic Oscillator / 1.4: |
Noncentrosymmetric Media / 1.4.1: |
Miller's Rule / 1.4.2: |
Centrosymmetric Media / 1.4.3: |
Properties of the Nonlinear Susceptibility / 1.5: |
Reality of the Fields / 1.5.1: |
Intrinsic Permutation Symmetry / 1.5.2: |
Symmetries for Lossless Media / 1.5.3: |
Field Energy Density for a Nonlinear Medium / 1.5.4: |
Kleinman's Symmetry / 1.5.5: |
Contracted Notation / 1.5.6: |
Effective Value of d (deff) / 1.5.7: |
Spatial Symmetry of the Nonlinear Medium / 1.5.8: |
Influence of Spatial Symmetry on the Linear Optical Properties of a Material Medium / 1.5.9: |
Influence of Inversion Symmetry on the Second-Order Nonlinear Response / 1.5.10: |
Influence of Spatial Symmetry on the Second-Order Susceptibility / 1.5.11: |
Number of Independent Elements of X2ijk(¿3, ¿2, ¿1) / 1.5.12: |
Distinction between Noncentrosymmetric and Cubic Crystal Classes / 1.5.13: |
Distinction between Noncentrosymmetric and Polar Crystal Classes / 1.5.14: |
Influence of Spatial Symmetry on the Third-Order Nonlinear Response / 1.5.15: |
Time-Domain Description of Optical Nonlinearities / 1.6: |
Kramers-Kronig Relations in Linear and Nonlinear Optics / 1.7: |
Kramers-Kronig Relations in Linear Optics / 1.7.1: |
Kramers-Kronig Relations in Nonlinear Optics / 1.7.2: |
Problems |
References |
Wave-Equation Description of Nonlinear Optical interactions / Chapter 2: |
The Wave Equation for Nonlinear Optical Media / 2.1: |
The Coupled-Wave Equations for Sum-Frequency Generation / 2.2: |
Phase-Matching Considerations / 2.2.1: |
Phase Matching / 2.3: |
Quasi-Phase-Matching (QPM) / 2.4: |
The Manley-Rowe Relations / 2.5: |
Applications of Second-Harmonic Generation / 2.6: |
Difference-Frequency Generation and Parametric Amplification / 2.8: |
Optical Parametric Oscillators / 2.9: |
Influence of Cavity Mode Structure on OPO Tuning / 2.9.1: |
Nonlinear Optical Interactions with Focused Gaussian Beams / 2.10: |
Paraxial Wave Equation / 2.10.1: |
Gaussian Beams / 2.10.2: |
Harmonic Generation Using Focused Gaussian Beams / 2.10.3: |
Nonlinear Optics at an Interface / 2.11: |
Advanced Phase Matching Methods / 2.12: |
Quantum-Mechanical Theory of the Nonlinear Optical Susceptibility / Chapter 3: |
Introduction / 3.1: |
Schrödinger Equation Calculation of the Nonlinear Optical Susceptibility / 3.2: |
Energy Eigenstates / 3.2.1: |
Perturbation Solution to Schrödinger's Equation / 3.2.2: |
Linear Susceptibility / 3.2.3: |
Second-Order Susceptibility / 3.2.4: |
Third-Order Susceptibility / 3.2.5: |
Third-Harmonic Generation in Alkali Metal Vapors / 3.2.6: |
Density Matrix Formulation of Quantum Mechanics / 3.3: |
Example: Two-Level Atom / 3.3.1: |
Perturbation Solution of the Density Matrix Equation of Motion / 3.4: |
Density Matrix Calculation of the Linear Susceptibility / 3.5: |
Linear Response Theory / 3.5.1: |
Density Matrix Calculation of the Second-Order Susceptibility / 3.6: |
¿(2) in the Limit of Nonresonant Excitation / 3.6.1: |
Density Matrix Calculation of the Third-Order Susceptibility / 3.7: |
Electromagnetically Induced Transparency / 3.8: |
Local-Field Effects in the Nonlinear Optics / 3.9: |
Local-Field Effects in Linear Optics / 3.9.1: |
Local-Field Effects in Nonlinear Optics / 3.9.2: |
The Intensity-Dependent Refractive Index / Chapter 4: |
Descriptions of the Intensity-Dependent Refractive Index / 4.1: |
Tensor Nature of the Third-Order Susceptibility / 4.2: |
Propagation through Isotropic Nonlinear Media / 4.2.1: |
Nonresonant Electronic Nonlinearities / 4.3: |
Classical, Anharmonic Oscillator Model of Electronic Nonlinearities / 4.3.1: |
Quantum-Mechanical Model of Nonresonant Electronic Nonlinearities / 4.3.2: |
¿(3) in the Low-Frequency Limit / 4.3.3: |
Nonlinearities Due to Molecular Orientation / 4.4: |
Tensor Properties of ¿(3) for the Molecular Orientation Effect / 4.4.1: |
Thermal Nonlinear Optical Effects / 4.5: |
Thermal Nonlinearities with Continuous-Wave Laser Beams / 4.5.1: |
Thermal Nonlinearities with Pulsed Laser Beams / 4.5.2: |
Semiconductor Nonlinearities / 4.6: |
Nonlinearities Resulting from Band-to-Band Transitions / 4.6.1: |
Nonlinearities Involving Virtual Transitions / 4.6.2: |
Concluding Remarks / 4.7: |
Molecular Origin of the Nonlinear Optical Response / Chapter 5: |
Nonlinear Susceptibilities Calculated Using Time-Independent Perturbation Theory / 5.1: |
Hydrogen Atom / 5.1.1: |
General Expression for the Nonlinear Susceptibility in the Quasi-Static Limit / 5.1.2: |
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 / Chapter 6: |
Density Matrix Equations of Motion for a Two-Level Atom / 6.1: |
Closed Two-Level Atom / 6.2.1: |
Open Two-Level Atom / 6.2.2: |
Two-Level Atom with a Non-Radiatively Coupled Third Level / 6.2.3: |
Steady-State Response of a Two-Level Atom to a Monochromatic Field / 6.3: |
Optical Bloch Equations / 6.4: |
Harmonic Oscillator Form of the Density Matrix Equations / 6.4.1: |
Adiabatic-Following Limit / 6.4.2: |
Rabi Oscillations and Dressed Atomic States / 6.5: |
Rabi Solution of the Schrodinger Equation / 6.5.1: |
Solution for an Atom Initially in the Ground State / 6.5.2: |
Dressed States / 6.5.3: |
Inclusion of Relaxation Phenomena / 6.5.4: |
Optical Wave Mixing in Two-Level Systems / 6.6: |
Solution of the Density Matrix Equations for a Two-Level Atom in the Presence of Pump and Probe Fields / 6.6.1: |
Nonlinear Susceptibility and Coupled-Amplitude Equations / 6.6.2: |
Processes Resulting from the Intensity-Dependent Refractive Index / Chapter 7: |
Self-Focusing of Light and Other Self-Action Effects / 7.1: |
Self-Trapping of Light / 7.1.1: |
Mathematical Description of Self-Action Effects / 7.1.2: |
Laser Beam Breakup into Many Filaments / 7.1.3: |
Self-Action Effects with Pulsed Laser Beams / 7.1.4: |
Optical Phase Conjugation / 7.2: |
Aberration Correction by Phase Conjugation / 7.2.1: |
Phase Conjugation by Degenerate Four-Wave Mixing / 7.2.2: |
Polarization Properties of Phase Conjugation / 7.2.3: |
Optical Bistability and Optical Switching / 7.3: |
Absorptive Bistability / 7.3.1: |
Refractive Bistability / 7.3.2: |
Optical Switching / 7.3.3: |
Two-Beam Coupling / 7.4: |
Pulse Propagation and Temporal Solitons / 7.5: |
Self-Phase Modulation / 7.5.1: |
Pulse Propagation Equation / 7.5.2: |
Temporal Optical Solitons / 7.5.3: |
Spontaneous Light Scattering and Acoustooptics / Chapter 8: |
Features of Spontaneous Light Scattering / 8.1: |
Fluctuations as the Origin of Light Scattering / 8.1.1: |
Scattering Coefficient / 8.1.2: |
Scattering Cross Section / 8.1.3: |
Microscopic Theory of Light Scattering / 8.2: |
Thermodynamic Theory of Scalar Light Scattering / 8.3: |
Ideal Gas / 8.3.1: |
Spectrum of the Scattered Light / 8.3.2: |
Brillouin Scattering / 8.3.3: |
Stokes Scattering (First Term in Eq. (8.3.36)) / 8.3.4: |
Anti-Stokes Scattering (Second Term in Eq. (8.3.36)) / 8.3.5: |
Rayleigh Center Scattering / 8.3.6: |
Acoustooptics / 8.4: |
Bragg Scattering of Light by Sound Waves / 8.4.1: |
Raman-Nath Effect / 8.4.2: |
Stimulated Brillouin and Stimulated Rayleigh Scattering / Chapter 9: |
Stimulated Scattering Processes / 9.1: |
Electrostriction / 9.2: |
Stimulated Brillouin Scattering (Induced by Electrostriction) / 9.3: |
Pump Depletion Effects in SBS / 9.3.1: |
SBS Generator / 9.3.2: |
Transient and Dynamical Features of SBS / 9.3.3: |
Phase Conjugation by Stimulated Brillouin Scattering / 9.4: |
Stimulated Brillouin Scattering in Gases / 9.5: |
General Theory of Stimulated Brillouin and Stimulated Rayleigh Scattering / 9.6: |
Appendix: Definition of the Viscosity Coefficients / 9.6.1: |
Stimulated Raman Scattering and Stimulated Rayleigh-Wing Scattering / Chapter 10: |
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: |
Dispersionless, Nonlinear Medium without Gain or Loss / 10.4.1: |
Medium without a Nonlinearity / 10.4.2: |
Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Scattering / 10.4.3: |
Stimulated Rayleigh-Wing Scattering / 10.6: |
Polarization Properties of Stimulated Rayleigh-Wing Scattering / 10.6.1: |
The Electrooptic and Photorefractive Effects / Chapter 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: |
Externally Self-Pumped Phase-Conjugate Mirror / 11.7.1: |
Internally Self-Pumped Phase-Conjugate Mirror / 11.7.2: |
Double Phase-Conjugate Mirror / 11.7.3: |
Other Applications of Photorefractive Nonlinear Optics / 11.7.4: |
Optically Induced Damage and Multiphoton Absorption / Chapter 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: |
Theory of Single- and Multiphoton Absorption and Fermi's Golden Rule / 12.5.1: |
Linear (One-Photon) Absorption / 12.5.2: |
Multiphoton Absorption / 12.5.3: |
Ultra fast and Intense-Field Nonlinear Optics / Chapter 13: |
Ultrashort-Pulse Propagation Equation / 13.1: |
Interpretation of the Ultrashort-Pulse Propagation Equation / 13.3: |
Self-Steepening / 13.3.1: |
Space-Time Coupling / 13.3.2: |
Supercontinuum Generation / 13.3.3: |
Intense-Field Nonlinear Optics / 13.4: |
Motion of a Free Electron in a Laser Field / 13.5: |
High-Harmonic Generation / 13.6: |
Tunnel Ionization and the Keldysh Model / 13.7: |
Nonlinear Optics of Plasmas and Relativistic Nonlinear Optics / 13.8: |
Nonlinear Quantum Electrodynamics / 13.9: |
Problem |
Nonlinear Optics of Plasmonic Systems / Chapter 14: |
Introduction to Plasmonics / 14.1: |
Simple Derivation of the Plasma Frequency / 14.2: |
The Drude Model / 14.3: |
Optical Properties of Gold / 14.4: |
Surface Plasmon Polaritons / 14.5: |
Electric Field Enhancement in Plasmonic Systems / 14.6: |
Appendices |
The SI System of Units / Appendix A: |
Energy Relations and Poynting's Theorem / A.1: |
The Wave Equation / A.2: |
Boundary Conditions / A.3: |
The Gaussian System of Units / Appendix B: |
Systems of Units in Nonlinear Optics / Appendix C: |
Conversion between the Systems / C.1: |
Relationship between Intensity and Field Strength / Appendix D: |
Physical Constants / Appendix E: |
Index |