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The field of nonlinear optics emerged three decades ago with the development of the first operating laser and the demonstration of frequency doubling phenomena. These milestone discoveries not only generated much interest in laser science, but also set the stage for future work on nonlinear optics. 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
Chapter 1 Introduction to Nonlinear Optics, Chapter 2 Computational Evaluation of Second-Order Optical Nonlinearities, Chapter 3 Measurement Techniques for Refractive Index and Second-Order Optical Nonlinearities, Chapter 4 Organic Materials for Second-Order Nonlinear Optics, Chapter 5 Phase-Matched Second Harmonic Generation in Organic Materials, Chapter 6 Electro-optic Effects in Molecular Crystals and Polymers, Chapter 7 High-Speed Electro-optic Modulators from Nonlinear Optical Polymers, Chapter 8 An Introduction to Photorefractive Polymers, Chapter 9 Computational Evaluation of Third-Order Optical Nonlinearities, Chapter 10 Measurement Techniques for Third-Order Optical Nonlinearities, Chapter 11 Organic Materials for Third-Order Nonlinear Optics, Chapter 12 Applications of Organic Materials in Third-Order Nonlinear Optics, Chapter 13 Organic and Metal-Containing Reverse Saturable Absorbers for Optical Limiters, Chapter 14 Applications of Nonlinear Optics to Passive Optical Limiting, Index
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Hari Singh Nalwa
Seizo Miyata
Summary
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.
