Mandel, Paul Nonlinear Optics An Analytical Approach
1. Edition - March 2010 59.- Euro 2010. XIV, 245 Pages, Softcover 78 Fig., 2 Tab. - Textbook - ISBN-10: 3-527-40923-8 ISBN-13: 978-3-527-40923-5 - Wiley-VCH, Berlin
Short description This didactic advanced textbook presents nonlinear optics in a rigorous and analytical way, from the historical background to matter quantization, Sine-Gordon solitons, cavity nonlinear optics, and weakly nonlinear chi(2) & chi(3) media.
From the contents Part I: Quantized matter 2- and 3-level media Atomic interference Electromagnetically induced transparency Slow light Part II: Sine-Gordon solitons Self-induced transparency Sine-Gordon equation - derivation and solutions Part III: Cavity nonlinear optics lasers Optical bistability Part IV: ¿(2) media Second harmonic generation Sum and difference frequency generation Optical parametric oscillators Part V: ¿(3) media Multiwave mixing Optical phase conjugation Nonlinear Schrödinger equation - derivation and solutions
