Stegeman Nonlinear Optics

Phenomena, Materials and Devices
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-118-26612-0
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 1, 496 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Wiley Series in Pure and Applied Optics

Clear, integrated coverage of all aspects of nonlinearoptics--phenomena, materials, and devices
Coauthored by George Stegeman, one of the most highly respectedpioneers of nonlinear optics--with contributions onapplications from Robert Stegeman--this book covers nonlinearoptics from a combined physics, optics, materials science, anddevices perspective. It offers a thoroughly balanced treatment ofconcepts, nonlinear materials, practical aspects of nonlineardevices, and current application areas.
Beginning with the presentation of a simple electron on a springmodel--to help readers make the leap from concepts toapplications--Nonlinear Optics gives comprehensiveexplanations of second-order phenomena, derivation of nonlinearsusceptibilities, third-order nonlinear effects, multi-wave mixing,scattering, and more. Coverage includes:
* Nonlinear response of materials at the molecular level
* Second-order nonlinear devices, their optimization andlimitations
* The physical origins of second- and third-ordernonlinearities
* Typical frequency dispersion of nonlinearities, explained interms of simple two- and three-level models
* Ultrafast and ultrahigh intensity processes
* Practice problems demonstrating the design of such nonlineardevices as frequency doublers and optical oscillators
Based on more than twenty years of lectures at the College ofOptics and Photonics (CREOL) at the University of Central Florida,Nonlinear Optics introduces all topics from the ground up,making the material easily accessible not only for physicists, butalso for chemists and materials scientists, as well asprofessionals in diverse areas of optics, from laser physics toelectrical engineering.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Stegeman, George I.

Stegeman, Robert A.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface xi
1. Introduction 1
Part A: Second-Order Phenomena 15
2. Second-Order Susceptibility and Nonlinear Coupled Wave Equations 17
3. Optimization and Limitations of Second-Order Parametric Processes 39
4. Solutions for Plane-Wave Parametric Conversion Processes 69
5. Second Harmonic Generation with Finite Beams and Applications 86
6. Three-Wave Mixing, Optical Amplifiers, and Generators 108
7. X ¯(2) Materials and Their Characterization 141
Part B: Nonlinear Susceptibilities 159
8. Second- and Third-Order Susceptibilities Quantum Mechanical Formation 161
9. Molecular Nonlinear Optics 197
Part C. Third-Order Phenomena 225
10. Kerr Nonlinear Absorption and Refraction 227
11. Condensed Matter Third-Order Nonlinearities due to Electron Transitions 251
12. Miscellaneous Third-Order Nonlinearities 290
13. Techniques for Measuring Third-Order Nonlinearities 330
14. Ramification and Applications of Nonlinear Refraction 347
15. Multiwave Mixing 384
16. Stimulated Scattering 414
17. Ultrafast and Ultrahigh Intensity Processes 443
Appendix: Units, Notation, and Physical Constants 465
Index 469

Über Autor(innen)

GEORGE I. STEGEMAN, PhD, is Chair Professor in theCollege of Engineering at KFUPM, Saudi Arabia, and EmeritusProfessor at the College of Optics and Photonics (CREOL) of theUniversity of Central Florida (UCF). He is the first recipient ofthe Cobb Family Eminent Chair in Optical Sciences and Engineeringat UCF. Dr. Stegeman is a Fellow of the Optical Society of Americaand has received the Canadian Association of Physicists's HerzbergMedal for achievement in physics and the Optical Society ofAmerica's R.W. Wood Prize.
ROBERT A. STEGEMAN, PhD, has held professional positionsat the College of Optical Sciences at The University of Arizona, aswell as various industrial companies.