Opis: Nonlinear Optics - Peter Tidemand-Lichtenberg, Karsten Rottwitt

Explores the Fundamental Aspects of Nonlinear Optics As nonlinear optics further develops as a field of research in electromagnetic wave propagation, its state-of-the-art technologies will continue to strongly impact real-world applications in a variety of fields useful to the practicing scientist and engineer. From basic principles to examples of applications, Nonlinear Optics: Principles and Applications effectively bridges physics and mathematics with relevant applied material for real-world use. The book progresses naturally from fundamental aspects to illustrative examples, and presents a strong theoretical foundation that equips the reader with enough knowledge to recognize, understand, and evaluate nonlinear optical phenomena. Structured so that the first five chapters are dedicated to the description of the fundamental formalism of nonlinear optics, and the last five chapters are devoted to a description of practical devices based on nonlinear phenomena, it describes nonlinear wave propagation in bulk and in waveguiding structures, and includes specific examples of applied nonlinear wave propagation through crystals, optical waveguides, and optical fibers. Providing a theoretical description of nonlinear interaction between light and matter, this text focuses on the physical understanding of nonlinear optics, and explores optical material response functions in the time and frequency domain. This pivotal work contains ten chapters and the main applications include: * Optical signal processing: parametric amplification, modulators * Transmission of optical signals: optical solitons, cross-phase modulation, four-wave mixing, phase conjugation, Raman scattering * Sensing: temperature sensors, spectroscopy, and imaging * Lasers: pulse compression and generation of super continuum Nonlinear Optics: Principles and Applications describes the fundamental aspects of nonlinear optics and serves as a reference for nonlinear optics professionals as well as graduate students specializing in nonlinear optics. "This book provides the essential mathematical formalisms and physical descriptions necessary for the understanding of underlying principles of nonlinear optics, from nonlinear wave propagation in dielectric media to crystal optics, nonlinear optical processes, and devices. The book is suitable for a broad readership, from newcomers to nonlinear optics to those more intimately familiar with the topic who wish to further strengthen their knowledge and their formal mathematical foundations of nonlinear optics. The book uses classical mathematical formulation at a level suitable for students in the latter stages of their undergraduate Bachelors' studies who wish to become familiar with the subject area, or for more advanced graduate students pursuing Masters' degrees or in their early Ph.D programs preparing to embark on a research career in nonlinear optics. It is also suitable for researchers already active in the field of nonlinear optics who wish to strengthen their mathematical foundation of the subject. The book is well written, logically organized, and easy to follow, which helps the reader gain an in-depth understanding of nonlinear optical phenomena." --Prof. Majid Ebrahim-Zadeh, ICFO-The Institute of Photonic Sciences, Barcelona, Spain "This textbook is a welcome addition, as it provides a comprehensive and balanced treatment of nonlinear optics, covering both the underlying physics as well as important applications. Lucid explanations with contemporary relevance make it useful for science and engineering students, teachers, and researchers to get a thorough understanding of the subject. The authors provide a detailed exposition of the fundamental aspects of nonlinear optics that includes principles of linear optics and material response in the time and frequency domain, symmetries in nonlinear optics with special emphasis on second and third-order nonlinear materials, and the nonlinear wave equation in waveguides. The origin, modeling, and consequences of the important second- and third-order nonlinear optical effects with applications in frequency conversion, electro optic effect in crystals, Raman and Brillouin scattering in optical fibres, optical Kerr effect, and four wave mixing in parametric devices, has been presented effectively. The text has been well supplemented with illustrations and appendices to enhance the presentation." --Prof. Sukhdev Roy, Dayalbagh Educational Institute, IndiaIntroduction Review of linear optics Induced polarization Harmonic oscillator model Local field corrections Estimated nonlinear response Summary Time-domain material response The polarization time-response function The Born-Oppenheimer approximation Raman scattering response function of silica Summary Material response in the frequency domain, susceptibility tensors The susceptibility tensor The induced polarization in the frequency domain Sum of monochromatic fields The prefactor to the induced polarization Third-order polarization in the Born-Oppenheimer approximation in the frequency domain Kramers-Kronig relations Summary Symmetries in nonlinear optics Spatial symmetries Second-order materials Third-order nonlinear materials Cyclic coordinate-system Contracted notation for second-order susceptibility tensors Summary The nonlinear wave equation Mono and quasi-monochromatic beams Plane waves - the transverse problem Waveguides Vectorial approach Nonlinear birefringence Summary Second-order nonlinear effects General theory Coupled wave theory Phase mismatch and acceptance bandwidths Second-harmonic generation Non-degenerate parametric frequency conversion Difference-frequency generation Frequency conversion of focused Gaussian beams Electro optic effects Summary Raman scattering Physical description Amplitude equations Fundamental characteristics of silica The Raman fiber amplifier Summary Brillouin Scattering Introduction Electrostriction Coupled wave equations Threshold Reduced SBS fibers Applications Summary Optical Kerr effect Short pulse propagation Propagation of short pulses Pulse characterization Applications of solitons and short pulse propagation Summary Four wave mixing Physical description Propagation equations - three frequencies Spontaneous emission in four-wave mixing Amplifiers Other Applications Summary A. Tensors B. Hamiltonian and polarization C. Signal analysis D. Generating matrices and susceptibility tensors E. Transverse field distributions F. The index ellipsoid G. Materials commonly used in nonlinear optics

Szczegóły: Nonlinear Optics - Peter Tidemand-Lichtenberg, Karsten Rottwitt

Tytuł: Nonlinear Optics
Autor: Peter Tidemand-Lichtenberg, Karsten Rottwitt
Producent: CRC Press Inc.
ISBN: 9781466565821
Rok produkcji: 2015
Ilość stron: 349
Oprawa: Twarda
Waga: 0.82 kg

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