Electromagnetic Resonances in Nonlinear Optics FROM THE PUBLISHER
This book is devoted to the numerous phenomena arising from the interplay between electromagnetic resonances and nonlinear optical interactions. These electromagnetic resonances are associated with surface plasmas or guided waves excited in nonlinear optical resonators such as prism or grating couplers, Fabry-Perot's, multilayer structures, etc. Topics covered include rigorous theories of diffraction by gratings in nonlinear optics, presented in a form ready for numerical implementations; the scattering matrix description in nonlinear optics leading to the phenomenological approach based on the use of poles and zeros; the leaky-mode formalism for planar and grating structures in linear and nonlinear optics and applications to spatio-temporal analysis of light interactions in nonlinear optical resonators, for example enhanced second harmonic generation, Kerr effect leading to optical bistability, and other behaviors.
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Physicists, three French and one Bulgarian, explore the many phenomena arising from such resonance. Among their topics are diffraction grating theory, the electromagnetic theory of nonlinear optics, the theory of undepleted second harmonic generation in relief metallic grating, leaky modes, linear distributed couplers, and second harmonic generation on leaky resonators. They continue a series that provides review papers by specialists in quantum electronics as material for teaching graduate and undergraduate students and for professionals in the field; it complements the journal . Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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