Nonlinear Optics
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...
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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 presents an introduction to the entire field of optical physics and specifically the area of nonlinear optics. Fundamental issues treated in the book include 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 will have lasting appeal 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. Booknews An introduction to the field at the level of a beginning graduate student. Fundamental aspects are stressed, with applications and experimental results included only as necessary illustrations. Many of the topics included are those of particular historical value. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Preface to the Third Edition xiiiPreface to the Second Edition xvPreface to the First Edition xviiThe Nonlinear Optical Susceptibility 1Introduction to Nonlinear Optics 1Descriptions of Nonlinear Optical Processes 4Formal Definition of the Nonlinear Susceptibility 17Nonlinear Susceptibility of a Classical Anharmonic Oscillator 21Properties of the Nonlinear Susceptibility 33Time-Domain Description of Optical Nonlinearities 52Kramers-Kronig Relations in Linear and Nonlinear Optics 58Problems 63References 65Wave-Equation Description of Nonlinear Optical Interactions 69The Wave Equation for Nonlinear Optical Media 69The Coupled-Wave Equations for Sum-Frequency Generation 74Phase Matching 79Quasi-Phase-Matching 84The Manley-Rowe Relations 88Sum-Frequency Generation 91Second-Harmonic Generation 96Difference-Frequency Generation and Parametric Amplification 105Optical Parametric Oscillators 108Nonlinear Optical Interactions with Focused GaussianBeams 116Nonlinear Optics at an Interface 122Problems 128References 132Quantum-Mechanical Theory of the Nonlinear Optical Susceptibility 135Introduction 135Schrodinger Calculation of Nonlinear Optical Susceptibility 137Density Matrix Formulation of Quantum Mechanics 150Perturbation Solution of the Density Matrix Equation of Motion 158Density Matrix Calculation of the Linear Susceptibility 161Density Matrix Calculation of the Second-Order Susceptibility 170Density Matrix Calculation of the Third-Order Susceptibility 180Electromagnetically Induced Transparency 185Local-Field Corrections to the Nonlinear Optical Susceptibility 194Problems 201References 204The Intensity-Dependent Refractive Index 207Descriptions of the Intensity-Dependent Refractive Index 207Tensor Nature of the Third-Order Susceptibility 211Nonresonant Electronic Nonlinearities 221Nonlinearities Due to Molecular Orientation 228Thermal Nonlinear Optical Effects 235Semiconductor Nonlinearities 240Concluding Remarks 247References 251Molecular Origin of the Nonlinear Optical Response 253Nonlinear Susceptibilities Calculated Using Time-Independent Perturbation Theory 253Semiempirical Models of the Nonlinear Optical Susceptibility 259Model of Boling, Glass, and Owyoung 260Nonlinear Optical Properties of Conjugated Polymers 262Bond-Charge Model of Nonlinear Optical Properties 264Nonlinear Optics of Chiral Media 268Nonlinear Optics of Liquid Crystals 271Problems 273References 274Nonlinear Optics in the Two-Level Approximation 277Introduction 277Density Matrix Equations of Motion for a Two-Level Atom 278Steady-State Response of a Two-Level Atom to a Monochromatic Field 285Optical Bloch Equations 293Rabi Oscillations and Dressed Atomic States 301Optical Wave Mixing in Two-Level Systems 313Problems 326References 327Processes Resulting from the Intensity-Dependent Refractive Index 329Self-Focusing of Light and Other Self-Action Effects 329Optical Phase Conjugation 342Optical Bistability and Optical Switching 359Two-Beam Coupling 369Pulse Propagation and Temporal Solitons 375Problems 383References 388Spontaneous Light Scattering and Acoustooptics 391Features of Spontaneous Light Scattering 391Microscopic Theory of Light Scattering 396Thermodynamic Theory of Scalar Light Scattering 402Acoustooptics 413Problems 427References 428Stimulated Brillouin and Stimulated Rayleigh Scattering 429Stimulated Scattering Processes 429Electrostriction 431Stimulated Brillouin Scattering (Induced by Electrostriction) 436Phase Conjugation by Stimulated Brillouin Scattering 448Stimulated Brillouin Scattering in Gases 453Stimulated Brillouin and Stimulated Rayleigh Scattering 455Problems 468References 470Stimulated Raman Scattering and Stimulated Rayleigh-Wing Scattering 473The Spontaneous Raman Effect 473Spontaneous versus Stimulated Raman Scattering 474Stimulated Raman Scattering Described by the Nonlinear Polarization 479Stokes-Anti-Stokes Coupling in Stimulated Raman Scattering 488Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Scattering 499Stimulated Rayleigh-Wing Scattering 501Problems 508References 508The Electrooptic and Photorefractive Effects 511Introduction to the Electrooptic Effect 511Linear Electrooptic Effect 512Electrooptic Modulators 516Introduction to the Photorefractive Effect 523Photorefractive Equations of Kukhtarev et al. 526Two-Beam Coupling in Photorefractive Materials 528Four-Wave Mixing in Photorefractive Materials 536Problems 540References 540Optically Induced Damage and Multiphoton Absorption 543Introduction to Optical Damage 543Avalanche-Breakdown Model 544Influence of Laser Pulse Duration 546Direct Photoionization 548Multiphoton Absorption and Multiphoton Ionization 549Problems 559References 559Ultrafast and Intense-Field Nonlinear Optics 561Introduction 561Ultrashort Pulse Propagation Equation 561Interpretation of the Ultrashort-Pulse Propagation Equation 567Intense-Field Nonlinear Optics 571Motion of a Free Electron in a Laser Field 572High-Harmonic Generation 575Nonlinear Optics of Plasmas and Relativistic Nonlinear Optics 579Nonlinear Quantum Electrodynamics 583Problem 586References 586Appendices 589The SI System of Units 589Further reading 596The Gaussian System of Units 596Further reading 600Systems of Units in Nonlinear Optics 600Relationship between Intensity and Field Strength 602Physical Constants 603Index 605
\ BooknewsAn introduction to the field at the level of a beginning graduate student. Fundamental aspects are stressed, with applications and experimental results included only as necessary illustrations. Many of the topics included are those of particular historical value. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)\ \ \ \ \ From the Publisher"Most readers interested in the theory of nonlinear optics, especially those who are familiar with the first edition of this book and those particularly interested in noise, will welcome this new second edition." - Optics & Photonics News, January 2005\ \
