ABSTRACT

Nonlinear Optics probes in great depth quadratic and cubic nonlinearities, photorefractive nonlinear optics, the nonlinear optical properties of nematic liquid crystals, and photonic bandgap structures. This reference places core physical principles and theoretical concepts in dialogue with contemporary applications and research and presents

chapter 1|36 pages

Optical Propagation in Linear Media

chapter 3|20 pages

Second Harmonic Generation

chapter 4|22 pages

Self-Refraction of Optical Beams

chapter 5|22 pages

Optical Bistability

chapter 6|22 pages

Optical Phase Conjugation

chapter 7|10 pages

Stimulated Brillouin and Raman Scattering

chapter 8|20 pages

Solitons in Optical Fibers

chapter 9|34 pages

Photorefractive Nonlinear Optics