Nonlinear optics - Boyd, Robert W., 1948- (Burlington, MA : Academic Press, 2008)
The nonlinear susceptibility -- Wave-equation description of nonlinear optical interactions -- Quantum-mechanical theory of the nonlinear optical susceptibility -- The intensity-dependent refractive index -- Molecular origin of the nonlinear optical response -- Nonlinear optics in the two-level approximation -- Processes resulting from the intensity-dependent refractive index -- Spontaneous light scattering and acoustooptics -- Stimulated Brillouin and stimulated Rayleigh scattering -- Stimulated Raman scattering and stimulated Rayleigh-Wing scattering -- The electrooptic and photorefractive effects -- Optically induced damage and multiphoton absorption -- Ultrafast and intense-field nonlinear optics
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Keywords: Niet-lineaire optica; Nonlinear optics