Nonlinear optics

Partha P. Banerjee0824709659, 9780824709655, 9780824758677

Offering a wide range of illustrative examples at the end of each chapter, this reference builds upon fundamental concepts in nonlinear optics to provide a clear understanding of recent developments in the field—compiling essential methods in numerical modeling, characterization techniques for nonlinear materials, and applications in image processing and self-organized systems for a contemporary and authoritative discussion of nonlinear optics in the modern era.

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Table of contents :
Preface……Page 8
Contents……Page 12
Optical Propagation in Linear Media……Page 16
The Origin and Modeling of Optical Nonlinearity……Page 52
Second Harmonic Generation……Page 74
Self-Refraction of Optical Beams……Page 94
Optical Bistability……Page 116
Optical Phase Conjugation……Page 138
Stimulated Brillouin and Raman Scattering……Page 160
Solitons in Optical Fibers……Page 170
Photorefractive Nonlinear Optics……Page 190
Nonlinear Optical Properties of Nematic Liquid Crystals……Page 224
Self-Organization in Nonlinear Optical Systems……Page 258
Nonlinear Optics of Photonic Bandgap Structures……Page 286
Appendix A The Split Step Beam Propagation Method……Page 304
Appendix B Wavelet Transforms and Application to Solution of Partial Differential Equations……Page 310
Index……Page 322