Fundamentals of nonlinear optics

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Powers, Peter E., author (author), Haus, Joseph W., 1948- author
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group [2017]
Edition:Second edition
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009757930606719
Table of Contents:
  • Linear optics
  • Introduction to the nonlinear susceptibility
  • Three-wave processes in the small-signal regime
  • Quasi-phase matching
  • Three-wave mixing beyond the small-signal limit
  • x(2) devices
  • x(3) processes
  • Raman and Brillouin scattering
  • Nonlinear optics including diffraction and dispersion
  • Quantum nonlinear optics
  • Complex notation
  • Sellmeier equations
  • Programming techniques
  • Exact solutions to the coupled amplitude equations
  • Optical fibers: slowly varying envelope equations.