Boyd Nonlinear Optics

1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4832-8823-9
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 456 Seiten, Web PDF

Nonlinear Optics is an advanced textbook for courses dealing with nonlinear optics, quantum electronics, laser physics, contemporary and quantum optics, and electrooptics. Its pedagogical emphasis is on fundamentals rather than particular, transitory applications. As a result, this textbook will have lasting appeal to a wide audience of electrical engineering, physics, and optics students, as well as those in related fields such as materials science and chemistry.Key Features* The origin of optical nonlinearities, including dependence on the polarization of light* A detailed treatment of the quantum theory of the nonlinear susceptibility* An explication of d

Robert W. Boyd was born in Buffalo, New York. He received the B.S. degree in physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Ph.D. degree in physics in 1977 from the University of California at Berkeley. His Ph.D. thesis was supervised by Professor Charles H. Townes and involved the use of nonlinear optical techniques in infrared detection for astronomy. Professor Boyd joined the faculty of the Institute of Optics of the University of Rochester in 1977 and since 1987 has held the position of Professor of Optics. Since July 2001 he has also held the position of the M. Parker Givens Professor of Optics. His research interests include studies of nonlinear optical interactions, studies of the nonlinear optical properties of materials, the development of photonic devices including photonic biosensors, and studies of the quantum statistical properties of nonlinear optical interactions. Professor Boyd has written two books, co-edited two anthologies, published over 200 research papers, and has been awarded five patents. He is a fellow of the Optical Society of America and of the American Physical Society and is the past chair of the Division of Laser Science of the American Physical Society.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Boyd, Robert W.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Front Cover;1
2;Nonlinear Optics;4
3;Copyright Page;5
4;Table of Contents;8
5;Dedication;6
6;Preface;12
7;Chapter 1. The Nonlinear Optical Susceptibility;16
7.1;1.1. Introduction to Nonlinear Optics;16
7.2;1.2. Descriptions of Nonlinear Optical Interactions;19
7.3;1.3. Formal Definition of the Nonlinear Susceptibility;32
7.4;1.4. Nonlinear Susceptibility of a Classical Anharmonic Oscillator;36
7.5;1.5. Properties of the Nonlinear Susceptibility;47
8;Chapter 2. Wave-Equation Description of Nonlinear Optical Interactions;72
8.1;2.1. The Wave Equation for Nonlinear Optical Media;72
8.2;2.2. The Coupled-Wave Equations for Sum-Frequency Generation;77
8.3;2.3. The Manley–Rowe Relations;82
8.4;2.4. Sum-Frequency Generation;84
8.5;2.5. Difference-Frequency Generation and Parametric Amplification;90
8.6;2.6. Second-Harmonic Generation;93
8.7;2.7. Phase-Matching Considerations;100
8.8;2.8. Nonlinear Optical Interactions with Focused Gaussian Beams;105
9;Chapter 3. Quantum-Mechanical Theory of the Nonlinear Optical Susceptibility;116
9.1;3.1. Introduction;116
9.2;3.2. Schrödinger Equation Calculation of the Nonlinear Optical Susceptibility;118
9.3;3.3. Density Matrix Formalism of Quantum Mechanics;131
9.4;3.4. Perturbation Solution of the Density Matrix Equation of Motion;138
9.5;3.5. Density Matrix Calculation of the Linear Susceptibility;141
9.6;3.6. Density Matrix Calculation of the Second-Order Susceptibility;149
9.7;3.7. Density Matrix Calculation of the Third-Order Susceptibility;158
9.8;3.8. Local-Field Corrections to the Nonlinear Optical Susceptibility;163
10;Chapter 4. The Intensity-Dependent Refractive Index;174
10.1;4.1. Descriptions of the Intensity-Dependent Refractive Index;174
10.2;4.2. Tensor Nature of the Third-Order Susceptibility;179
10.3;4.3. Nonresonant Electronic Nonlinearities;187
10.4;4.4. Nonlinearities Due to Molecular Orientation;193
11;Chapter 5. Nonlinear Optics in the Two-Level Approximation;206
11.1;5.1. Introduction;206
11.2;5.2. Density Matrix Equations of Motion for a Two-Level Atom;207
11.3;5.3. Steady-State Response of a Two-Level Atom to a Monochromatic Field;214
11.4;5.4. Optical Bloch Equations;221
11.5;5.5. Rabi Oscillations and Dressed Atomic States;229
11.6;5.6. Optical Wave Mixing in Two-Level Systems;240
12;Chapter 6. Processes Resulting from the Intensity-Dependent Refractive Index;256
12.1;6.1. Optical Phase Conjugation;256
12.2;6.2. Self-Focusing of Light;272
12.3;6.3. Optical Bistability;277
12.4;6.4. Two-Beam Coupling;284
12.5;6.5. Pulse Propagation and Optical Solitons;289
13;Chapter 7. Spontaneous Light Scattering and Acousto-optics;302
13.1;7.1. Features of Spontaneous Light Scattering;302
13.2;7.2. Microscopic Theory of Light Scattering;308
13.3;7.3. Thermodynamic Theory of Scalar Light Scattering;313
13.4;7.4. Acousto-optics;324
14;Chapter 8. Stimulated Brillouin and Stimulated Rayleigh Scattering;340
14.1;8.1. Stimulated Scattering Processes;340
14.2;8.2. Electrostriction;342
14.3;8.3. Stimulated Brillouin Scattering (Induced by Electrostriction);346
14.4;8.4. Phase Conjugation by Stimulated Brillouin Scattering;358
14.5;8.5. Stimulated Brillouin Scattering in Gases;362
14.6;8.6. General Theory of Stimulated Brillouin and Stimulated Rayleigh Scattering;364
15;Chapter 9. Stimulated Raman Scattering and Stimulated Rayleigh-Wing Scattering;380
15.1;9.1. The Spontaneous Raman Effect;380
15.2;9.2. Spontaneous versus Stimulated Raman Scattering;381
15.3;9.3. Stimulated Raman Scattering Described through Use of the Nonlinear Polarization;387
15.4;9.4. Stokes–Anti-Stokes Coupling in Stimulated Raman Scattering;395
15.5;9.5. Stimulated Rayleigh-Wing Scattering;404
16;Chapter 10. The Electrooptic and Photorefractive Effects;414
16.1;10.1. Introduction to the Electrooptic Effect;414
16.2;10.2. Linear Electrooptic Effect;415
16.3;10.3. Electrooptic Modulators;420
16.4;10.4. Introduction to the Photorefractive Effect;426
16.5;10.5. Photorefractive Equations of Kukhtarev et al.;428
16.6;10.6. Two-Beam Coupling in Photorefractive Materials;431
16.7;10.7. Four-Wave Mixing in Photorefractive Materials;438
17;Appendices;444
17.1;Appendix A. Systems of Units in Nonlinear Optics;444
17.2;Appendix B. Relationship between Intensity and Field Strength;447
17.3;Appendix C. Physical Constants;448
18;Index;450