TY  - BOOK
AU  - Murti,Y.V.G.S.
AU  - Vijayan,C.
TI  - Essentials of Nonlinear Optics
T2  - ANE/Athena Bks
SN  - 9781118901076
AV  - QC448 -- .M878 2014eb 
U1  - 621.365 
PY  - 2014///
CY  - New York
PB  - John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
KW  - Fiber optics
KW  - Nonlinear optics
KW  - Optical communications
KW  - Optical fiber communication -- Equipment and supplies
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- List of Figures -- Chapter 1: From Optics to Photonics -- 1.1 The Charm and Challenge of Photonics -- 1.2 The Nature of Optical Nonlinearity -- 1.3 Overcoming the Materials Bottleneck -- 1.4 The Expanding Frontiers -- 1.5 Explorations -- Chapter 2: A Phenomenological View of Nonlinear Optics -- 2.1 Optics in the Nonlinear World -- 2.1.1 Introduction -- 2.1.2 First Order Susceptibility -- 2.1.3 Second Order Susceptibility -- 2.1.4 Third Order Susceptibility -- 2.2 Time Domain Response -- 2.2.1 First Order Polarization- Time Domain Response -- 2.2.2 Higher Order Polarizations - Time Domain Response -- 2.3 Frequency Domain Response -- 2.3.1 First Order Susceptibility -- 2.3.2 Second Order Susceptibility -- 2.3.3 General Order (n) Susceptibility -- 2.4 The nth order Polarization -- 2.5 Monochromatic Waves -- 2.6 Calculation of the Factor K -- 2.6.1 Optical Rectification -- 2.6.2 Second Harmonic Generation -- 2.6.3 Pockels Effect -- 2.6.4 Sum and Difference Frequency generation -- 2.6.5 Third Harmonic Generation -- 2.6.6 Nondegenerate Four Wave Mixing -- 2.7 Explorations -- Chapter 3: Symmetry and Susceptibility Tensors -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Crystal Symmetry and Susceptibility Tensors -- 3.2.1 Neumann Principle -- 3.2.2 Symmetry of Second Order Susceptibility -- 3.2.3 Second Harmonic Generation -- 3.2.4 Kleinman Symmetry -- 3.2.5 Symmetry of Third Order Susceptibility -- 3.3 The Dielectric Permittivity Tensor -- 3.4 The Refractive Index Ellipsoid -- 3.5 Explorations -- Chapter 4: Calculation of Non-linear Susceptibilities -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.1.1 Physical Quantities in Quantum Physics -- 4.1.2 The Projection Operator -- 4.2 The Equation of Motion -- 4.3 Ensembles of Particles -- 4.4 Time-dependent Perturbation -- 4.5 Dipolar Interaction -- 4.6 First Order Density Matrix; 4.7 Second Order Density Matrix -- 4.8 Third Order Density Matrix -- 4.9 Double Integrals in the Expressions for Density Matrix -- 4.10 Second Harmonic Susceptibility -- 4.11 Relaxation Effects -- 4.12 Applications to Color Centers -- 4.12.1 Third Order Susceptibility -- 4.12.2 Second Order Susceptibility -- 4.13 Explorations -- Chapter 5: Nonlinear Wave Mixing Processes -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Elements of Electromagnetism -- 5.3 Travelling Electromagnetic Waves in Free Space -- 5.3.1 Energy Density in the Travelling Wave -- 5.4 Propagation of Electromagnetic Waves in Linear Materials -- 5.5 Propagation of Electromagnetic Waves in Nonlinear Materials -- 5.5.1 The Wave Equation -- 5.5.2 Energy Transfer Rate -- 5.6 Three Wave Mixing -- 5.6.1 An Approximation -- 5.7 Second Harmonic Generation -- 5.7.1 Phase Matching Schemes -- 5.7.2 Accurate Treatment of Second Harmonic Generation -- 5.8 Explorations -- Chapter 6: Optical Phase Conjugation and Bistability -- 6.1 Optical Phase Conjugation -- 6.1.1 Phase Conjugation as Time Reversal -- 6.1.2 Phase Conjugation through Four-Wave-Mixing -- 6.1.3 Practical Realization -- 6.1.4 Peculiar Properties of the Phase Conjugate Beam -- 6.1.5 The Grating Picture -- 6.1.6 Applications of Phase Conjugation -- 6.2 Optical Bistability and Photonic Switching -- 6.2.1 Refractive Index at High Intensities : An Overview -- 6.2.2 Fabry-Perot Etalon -- 6.2.3 Photonic Switching in a Nonlinear Fabry-Pėrot Etalon -- 6.3 Explorations -- Chapter 7: Self Focusing, Phase Modulation and Pulse Shaping -- 7.1 Self Focusing of Light -- 7.1.1 The Concept of Self Focusing -- 7.1.2 Self Trapping and Spatial Solitons -- 7.1.3 The z-scan Experiment -- 7.1.4 Analysis of the z- scan Trace -- 7.1.5 Measurement of Nonlinear Optical Absorption -- 7.1.6 Mechanisms of Nonlinear Absorption -- 7.2 Self Phase Modulation (SPM); 7.3 Pulse Shaping and Optical Soliton Propagation -- 7.3.1 Solitary Waves and Optical Solitons -- 7.4 Explorations -- Chapter 8: Mechanisms and Materials -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Mechanisms of Nonlinearity -- 8.2.1 Anharmonicity of Potential -- 8.2.2 Thermal Mechanism -- 8.2.3 Orientational Mechanism -- 8.2.4 Inelastic Photon Scattering -- 8.2.5 Photorefractivity -- 8.2.6 Saturable Absorption -- 8.2.7 Band Gap Distortion (Franz-Keldysh Effect) -- 8.2.8 Band Filling Mechanism -- 8.2.9 Non-parabolicity of Bands -- 8.2.10 Delocalization of Electrons -- 8.3 A Perspective on Newer Materials and Processes -- 8.3.1 Low Dimensional Materials -- Understanding Quantum Confinement -- Optical Nonlinearity in Nanomaterials -- Nonlinear Absorption and Optical Limiting -- 8.3.2 Photonic Bandgap Materials -- The Concept of Photonic Bandgap -- Nonlinear Photonic Crystal Fibers and Integrated Circuits -- 8.3.3 Slowing of Light and the Effect on Nonlinearity -- 8.4 Explorations -- References -- Bibliography -- Index
N2  - "This book is intended for a one-semester course in science and engineering for senior-level undergraduates or new graduate students."  (Optics and Photonics News, 9 January 2014)
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