ABSTRACT
The subject of polarization as related to reflection and transmission in isotropic homogeneous optical media, such as optical glass, was considered via Maxwell’s equations in Chapter 5. Here, we consider the subject of propagation and polarization in crystalline media that gives origin to the subject of nonlinear optics. The brief treatment given here is at an introductory level and designed only to highlight the main features relevant to frequency conversion. For a detailed treatment on the subject of nonlinear optics, the reader is referred to a collection of books on nonlinear optics including Bloembergen (1965), Baldwin (1969), Shen (1984), Yariv (1985), Mills (1991), and Boyd (1992). Besides some revision and update on the subject of optical clockworks, this chapter remains fairly much as in its original version published in 2003.
