Nonlinear Optics - Basic Concepts

✍ Scribed by D.L. Mills

• Book ID: 127428638
• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1991
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 1 MB
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library
• ISBN-13: 9783540541929

✦ Synopsis

The text develops the basic principles that underlie nonlinear optical phenomena in matter, in an approach oriented to the general reader or student with a background in classical electromagnetic theory. It begins with a discussion of linear wave propagation in dispersive media, moves into weak nonlinearities which can be discussed in a pertuberative manner, then examines strong nonlinear effects (solitons, chaos). The emphasis is on the macroscopic description on nonlinear phenomena, within a semi-classical framework. The text is aimed at the student or researcher who is not a specialist in optics, and who wishes to acquire an introduction to the principal concepts as a precursor to the consultation of the specialized literature.