Nonlinear Optics on Ferroic Materials

The book brings together three key fields of physics: symmetry, magnetic or electric long-range ("ferroic") order, and nonlinear laser optics. In the first part, the fundamentals of these three fields are introduced with a focus on the details that are relevant for their combination. The second part discusses how nonlinear optical studies help revealing properties that are inaccessible with "standard characterization" techniques, followed by a systematic discussion of the unique degrees of freedom of nonlinear-optical probing of ferroics. The third part explores material classes of central interest to contemporary condensed-matter physics, including multiferroics with magnetoelectric correlations and oxide-electronic materials, along with application related to the optical properties of ferroic materials. The book concludes with an outlook towards future developments.

Auteur

Manfred Fiebig received his doctorate from the University of Dortmund, Germany, in 1996. From 1997 to 1999, he was a JST Research Fellow at the University of Tokyo, Japan. He then headed a Junior Research Group at the University of Dortmund until his habilitation in 2001. From 2002 to 2006, he worked as a DFG Heisenberg Fellow at the Max Born Institute in Berlin. In 2006, he was appointed Professor of Experimental Solid-State Physics at the University of Bonn, Germany; a position he held until 2011. Since 2011, Manfred Fiebig has been Professor for Multifunctional Ferroic Materials in the Department of Materials at ETH Zurich where he heads a group of people uniting the cultural diversity of, at present, 15 nations. His honours include an ERC Advanced Investigator Grant, APS Fellowship, and election as corresponding member in the Academy of Sciences and Literature, Mainz. Most recently, Manfred Fiebig was awarded with the APS Frank Isakson Prize and the Stern-Gerlach Medal of the German Physical Society, their highest distinction in Experimental Physics.