Nonlinear Optics

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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 copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.


Review
"This book is a well-written and successfully tested text useful for a course on An Introduction to Nonlinear Optics. It is also a fairly self-contained book. I recommend this book for classroom adoption. As well, I also recommend it as a very useful text for those who would like to learn this subject by themselves."
--PHYSICS IN CANADA
"If treatises expound and textbooks explain, then Boyd's book is definitely a textbook and a very readable one, too....For its intended audience and its purpose of illuminating the fundamental concepts of nonlinear optics, this book is a glowing success."
--OPTICS & PHOTONICS NEWS


Book Description
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 dressed-atomic states of two-level atoms
* A complete development of spontaneous and stimulated light scattering
* A clear discussion of the photorefractive effect
* An introduction to applications including laser frequency modification, optical phase conjugation, optical bistability, and propagation of optical soliton


Book Info
A valuable reference that can be used for extensive self-study. Topics covered in the book include quantum electronics, laser physics, contemporary and quantum optics, and electro-optics.


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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)


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