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This book presents an excellent overview of the exciting new advances in nonlinear optical (NLO) materials and their applications in emerging photonics technologies. It is the first reference source available to cover every NLO material published through 1995! All theoretical approaches, measurement techniques, materials, technologies, and applications are covered.
With more than 1,800 bibliographic citations, 324 figures, 218 tables, and 812 equations, this book is an invaluable reference source for graduate and undergraduate students, researchers, scientists and engineers working in academia and industries in chemistry, solid-state physics, materials science, optical and polymer engineering, and computational science.
List of contents
Introduction to Nonlinear Optics. Computational Evaluation of Second-Order Optical Nonlinearities. Measurement Techniques of Refractive Indices and Second-Order Optical Nonlinearities. Organic Materials for Second-Order Nonlinear Optics. Phase-Matched Second Harmonic Generation in Organic Materials. Electro-Optic Effects in Organic Molecules and Polymers. Nonlinear Optical Polymers and High-Speed Electro-Optic Modulators. An Introduction to Photorefractive Polymers. Computational Evaluation of Third-Order Optical Nonlinearity. Measurements Techniques for Third-Order Optical Nonlinearities. Organic Materials for Third-Order Nonlinear Optics. Applications of Organic Materials in Third-Order Nonlinear Optics. Organic and Metal-Containing Reverse Saturable Absorbers for Optical Limiting. Applications of Nonlinear Optics to Passive Optical Limiting. Index.
Summary
This book covers all aspects of nonlinear optics from modern computational analysis of optical nonlinearities, through description of experimental techniques for measuring nonlinear optical coefficients. It provides an in-depth coverage of advances in organic molecules and polymers.
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"This book gives a comprehensive and up-to-date account of the very active field of organic nonlinear optics. It contains a valuable collection of tables, figures and formulas. It should serve as a standard reference for physicists, chemists and optical engineers who are active participants in this rapidly progressing field of endeavor."-N. Bloembergen, Professor Emeritus, Division of Applied Sciences and Department of Physics, Harvard University; and Recipient of the Nobel Prize in Nonlinear Optics"...An invaluable source of information for all involved in one way or another in this field, as researchers, scientists, engineers, or students, in university or industry...This book has everything it takes to become a classic in the field."- Michael Canva, CREOL, IOTA, in Polymer News
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"This book gives a comprehensive and up-to-date account of the very active field of organic nonlinear optics. It contains a valuable collection of tables, figures and formulas. It should serve as a standard reference for physicists, chemists and optical engineers who are active participants in this rapidly progressing field of endeavor."
-N. Bloembergen, Professor Emeritus, Division of Applied Sciences and Department of Physics, Harvard University; and Recipient of the Nobel Prize in Nonlinear Optics
"...An invaluable source of information for all involved in one way or another in this field, as researchers, scientists, engineers, or students, in university or industry...This book has everything it takes to become a classic in the field."
- Michael Canva, CREOL, IOTA, in Polymer News
