It has been a great pleasure for me to have prepared the latest edition of my book on nonlinear optics. My intrigue in the subject matter of this book is as strong as it was when the first edition was published in 1992.

Preface to the Third Edition

Preface to the Second Edition

Preface to the First Edition

1.The Nonlinear Optical Susceptibility

 1.1.Introduction to Nonlinear Optics

 1.2.Descriptions of Nonlinear Optical Processes

 1.3.Formal Definition of the Nonlinear Susceptibility

 1.4.Nonlinear Susceptibility of a Classical Anharmonic Oscillator

 1.5.Properties of the Nonlinear Susceptibility

 1.6.Time-Domain Description of Optical Nonlinearities

 1.7.Kramers-Kronig Relations in Linear and Nonlinear Optics

 Problems

 References

2.Wave-Equation Description of Nonlinear Optical Interactions

 2.1.The Wave Equation for Nonlinear Optical Media

 2.2.The Coupled-Wave Equations for Sum-Frequency Generation

 2.3.Phase Matching

 2.4.Quasi-Phase-Matching

 2.5.The Manley-Rowe Relations

 2.6.Sum-Frequency Generation

 2.7.Second-Harmonic Generation

 2.8.Difference-Frequency Generation and Parametric Amplification

 2.9.Optical Parametric Oscillators

 2.10.Nonlinear Optical Interactions with Focused Gaussian Beams

 2.11.Nonlinear Optics at an Interface

 Problems

 References

3.Quantum-Mechanical Theory of the Nonlinear Optical Susceptibility

 3.1.Introduction

 3.2.SchriSdinger Calculation of Nonlinear Optical Susceptibility

 3.3.Density Matrix Formulation of Quantum Mechanics

 3.4.Perturbation Solution of the Density Matrix Equation of Motion

 3.5.Density Matrix Calculation of the Linear Susceptibility

 3.6.Density Matrix Calculation of the Second-Order Susceptibility

 3.7.Density Matrix Calculation of the Third-Order Susceptibility

 3.8.Electromagnetically Induced Transparency

 3.9.Local-Field Corrections to the Nonlinear Optical Susceptibility

 Problems

 References

4.The Intensity-Dependent Refractive Index

 4.1.Descriptions of the Intensity-Dependent Refractive Index

 4.2.Tensor Nature of the Third-Order Susceptibility

 4.3.Nonresonant Electronic Nonlinearities

 4.4.Nonlinearities Due to Molecular Orientation

 4.5.Thermal Nonlinear Optical Effects

 4.6.Semiconductor Nonlinearities

 4.7.Concluding Remarks References

5.Molecular Origin of the Nonlinear Optical Response

 5.1.Nonlinear Susceptibilities Calculated Using Time-Independent Perturbation Theory

 5.2.Semiempirical Models of the Nonlinear Optical Susceptibility

 Model of Boling, Glass, and Owyoung

 5.3.Nonlinear Optical Properties of Conjugated Polymers

 5.4.Bond-Charge Model of Nonlinear Optical Properties

 5.5.Nonlinear Optics of Chiral Media

 5.6.Nonlinear Optics of Liquid Crystals

 Problems

 References

6.Nonlinear Optics in the Two-Level Approximation

 6.1.Introduction

 6.2.Density Matrix Equations of Motion for a Two-Level Atom

 6.3.Steady-State Response of a Two-Level Atom to a Monochromatic Field

 6.4.Optical Bloch Equations

 6.5.Rabi Oscillations and Dressed Atomic States

 6.6.Optical Wave Mixing in Two-Level Systems

 Problems

 References

7.Processes Resulting from the Intensity-Dependent Refractive Index

 7.1.Self-Focusing of Light and Other Self-Action Effects

 7.2.Optical Phase Conjugation

 7.3.Optical Bistability and Optical Switching

 7.4.Two-Beam Coupling

 7.5.Pulse Propagation and Temporal Solitons

 Problems

 References

8.Spontaneous Light Scattering and Acoustooptics

 8.1.Features of Spontaneous Light Scattering

 8.2.Microscopic Theory of Light Scattering

 8.3.Thermodynamic Theory of Scalar Light Scattering

 8.4.Acoustooptics

 Problems

 References

9.Stimulated Brillouin and Stimulated Rayleigh Scattering

 9.1.Stimulated Scattering Processes

 9.2.Electrostriction

 9.3.Stimulated Brillouin Scattering (Induced by Electrostriction)

 9.4.Phase Conjugation by Stimulated Brillouin Scattering

 9.5.Stimulated Brillouin Scattering in Gases

 9.6.Stimulated Brillouin and Stimulated Rayleigh Scattering

 Problems

 References

10.Stimulated Raman Scattering and Stimulated Rayleigh-Wing Scattering

 10.1.The Spontaneous Raman Effect

 10.2.Spontaneous versus Stimulated Raman Scattering

 10.3.Stimulated Raman Scattering Described by the Nonlinear Polarization

 10.4.Stokes-Anti-Stokes Coupling in Stimulated Raman Scattering

 10.5.Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Scattering

 10.6.Stimulated Rayleigh-Wing Scattering

 Problems

 References

11.The Electrooptic and Photorefractive Effects

 11.1.Introduction to the Electrooptic Effect

 11.2.Linear Electrooptic Effect

 11.3.Electrooptic Modulators

 11.4.Introduction to the Photorefractive Effect

 11.5.Photorefractive Equations of Kuldatarev et al.

 11.6.Two-Beam Coupling in Photorefractive Materials

 11.7.Four-Wave Mixing in Photorefractive Materials

 Problems

 References

12.Optically Induced Damage and Multiphoton Absorption

 12.1.Introduction to Optical Damage

 12.2.Avalanche-Breakdown Model

 12.3.Influence of Laser Pulse Duration

 12.4.Direct Photoionization

 12.5.Multiphoton Absorption and Multiphoton Ionization

 Problems

 References

13.Ultrafast and Intense-Field Nonlinear Optics

 13.1.Introduction

 13.2.Ultrashort Pulse Propagation Equation

 13.3.Interpretation of the Ultrashort-Pulse Propagation Equation

 13.4.Intense-Field Nonlinear Optics

 13.5.Motion of a Free Electron in a Laser Field

 13.6.High-Harmonic Generation

 13.7.Nonlinear Optics of Plasmas and Relativistic Nonlinear Optics

 13.8.Nonlinear Quantum Electrodynamics

 Problem

 References

Appendices

 A.The SI System of Units

 Further reading

 B.The Gaussian System of Units

 Further reading

 C.Systems of Units in Nonlinear Optics

 D.Relationship between Intensity and Field Strength

 E.Physical Constants

Index