Front cover -- Nonlinear Optics -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Preface to the Third Edition -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Preface to the First Edition -- Chapter 1. The Nonlinear Optical Susceptibility -- 1.1. Introduction to Nonlinear Optics -- 1.2. Descriptions of Nonlinear Optical Processes -- 1.3. Formal Definition of the Nonlinear Susceptibility -- 1.4. Nonlinear Susceptibility of a Classical Anharmonic Oscillator -- 1.5. Properties of the Nonlinear Susceptibility -- 1.6. Time-Domain Description of Optical Nonlinearities -- 1.7. Kramers-Kronig Relations in Linear and Nonlinear Optics -- Problems -- References -- Chapter 2. Wave-Equation Description of Nonlinear Optical Interactions -- 2.1. The Wave Equation for Nonlinear Optical Media -- 2.2. The Coupled-Wave Equations for Sum-Frequency Generation -- 2.3. Phase Matching -- 2.4. Quasi-Phase-Matching -- 2.5. The Manley-Rowe Relations -- 2.6. Sum-Frequency Generation -- 2.7. Second-Harmonic Generation -- 2.8. Difference-Frequency Generation and Parametric Amplification -- 2.9. Optical Parametric Oscillators -- 2.10. Nonlinear Optical Interactions with Focused Gaussian Beams -- 2.11. Nonlinear Optics at an Interface -- Problems -- References -- Chapter 3. Quantum-Mechanical Theory of the Nonlinear Optical Susceptibility -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Schrödinger Calculation of Nonlinear Optical Susceptibility -- 3.3. Density Matrix Formulation of Quantum Mechanics -- 3.4. Perturbation Solution of the Density Matrix Equation of Motion -- 3.5. Density Matrix Calculation of the Linear Susceptibility -- 3.6. Density Matrix Calculation of the Second-Order Susceptibility -- 3.7. Density Matrix Calculation of the Third-Order Susceptibility -- 3.8. Electromagnetically Induced Transparency -- 3.9. Local-Field Corrections to the Nonlinear Optical Susceptibility -- Problems -- References.

Chapter 4. The Intensity-Dependent Refractive Index -- 4.1. Descriptions of the Intensity-Dependent Refractive Index -- 4.2. Tensor Nature of the Third-Order Susceptibility -- 4.3. Nonresonant Electronic Nonlinearities -- 4.4. Nonlinearities Due to Molecular Orientation -- 4.5. Thermal Nonlinear Optical Effects -- 4.6. Semiconductor Nonlinearities -- 4.7. Concluding Remarks -- References -- Chapter 5. Molecular Origin of the Nonlinear Optical Response -- 5.1. Nonlinear Susceptibilities Calculated Using Time-Independent Perturbation Theory -- 5.2. Semiempirical Models of the Nonlinear Optical Susceptibility -- Model of Boling, Glass, and Owyoung -- 5.3. Nonlinear Optical Properties of Conjugated Polymers -- 5.4. Bond-Charge Model of Nonlinear Optical Properties -- 5.5. Nonlinear Optics of Chiral Media -- 5.6. Nonlinear Optics of Liquid Crystals -- Problems -- References -- Chapter 6. Nonlinear Optics in the Two-Level Approximation -- 6.1. Introduction -- 6.2. Density Matrix Equations of Motion for a Two-Level Atom -- 6.3. Steady-State Response of a Two-Level Atom to a Monochromatic Field -- 6.4. Optical Bloch Equations -- 6.5. Rabi Oscillations and Dressed Atomic States -- 6.6. Optical Wave Mixing in Two-Level Systems -- Problems -- References -- Chapter 7. Processes Resulting from the Intensity-Dependent Refractive Index -- 7.1. Self-Focusing of Light and Other Self-Action Effects -- 7.2. Optical Phase Conjugation -- 7.3. Optical Bistability and Optical Switching -- 7.4. Two-Beam Coupling -- 7.5. Pulse Propagation and Temporal Solitons -- Problems -- References -- Chapter 8. Spontaneous Light Scattering and Acoustooptics -- 8.1. Features of Spontaneous Light Scattering -- 8.2. Microscopic Theory of Light Scattering -- 8.3 Thermodynamic Theory of Scalar Light Scattering -- 8.4. Acoustooptics -- Problems -- References.

Chapter 9. Stimulated Brillouin and Stimulated Rayleigh Scattering -- 9.1. Stimulated Scattering Processes -- 9.2. Electrostriction -- 9.3. Stimulated Brillouin Scattering (Induced by Electrostriction) -- 9.4. Phase Conjugation by Stimulated Brillouin Scattering -- 9.5. Stimulated Brillouin Scattering in Gases -- 9.6. Stimulated Brillouin and Stimulated Rayleigh Scattering -- Problems -- References -- Chapter 10. Stimulated Raman Scattering and Stimulated Rayleigh-Wing Scattering -- 10.1. The Spontaneous Raman Effect -- 10.2. Spontaneous versus Stimulated Raman Scattering -- 10.3. Stimulated Raman Scattering Described by the Nonlinear Polarization -- 10.4. Stokes-Anti-Stokes Coupling in Stimulated Raman Scattering -- 10.5. Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Scattering -- 10.6. Stimulated Rayleigh-Wing Scattering -- Problems -- References -- Chapter 11. The Electrooptic and Photorefractive Effects -- 11.1. Introduction to the Electrooptic Effect -- 11.2. Linear Electrooptic Effect -- 11.3. Electrooptic Modulators -- 11.4. Introduction to the Photorefractive Effect -- 11.5 Photorefractive Equations of Kukhtarev et al. -- 11.6. Two-Beam Coupling in Photorefractive Materials -- 11.7. Four-Wave Mixing in Photorefractive Materials -- Problems -- References -- Chapter 12. Optically Induced Damage and Multiphoton Absorption -- 12.1. Introduction to Optical Damage -- 12.2. Avalanche-Breakdown Model -- 12.3. Influence of Laser Pulse Duration -- 12.4. Direct Photoionization -- 12.5. Multiphoton Absorption and Multiphoton Ionization -- Problems -- References -- Chapter 13. Ultrafast and Intense-Field Nonlinear Optics -- 13.1. Introduction -- 13.2. Ultrashort Pulse Propagation Equation -- 13.3. Interpretation of the Ultrashort-Pulse Propagation Equation -- 13.4. Intense-Field Nonlinear Optics -- 13.5. Motion of a Free Electron in a Laser Field.

13.6. High-Harmonic Generation -- 13.7. Nonlinear Optics of Plasmas and Relativistic Nonlinear Optics -- 13.8. Nonlinear Quantum Electrodynamics -- Problem -- References -- Appendices -- Appendix A. The SI System of Units -- Further reading -- Appendix B. The Gaussian System of Units -- Further reading -- Appendix C. Systems of Units in Nonlinear Optics -- Appendix D. Relationship between Intensity and Field Strength -- Appendix E. Physical Constants -- Index.