Quantum Electronics: A Treatise

Quantum Electronics: A Treatise, Volume I: Nonlinear Optics, Part A deals with the theoretical and experimental aspects of the nonlinear optical susceptibilities and process. This volume is composed of two parts encompassing seven chapters.
After a brief overview of the field, this book goes on discussing experimental determination of the susceptibility coefficients and numerical values for a variety of materials appearing in the nonlinear constitutive relationships. The second part describes several nonlinear optical phenomena to which these nonlinear susceptibilities give rise. The characteristics of these basic nonlinear interactions are also presented in a unified and cohesive manner.
This book is of value to quantum electronics scientists, engineers, and researchers.

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Preface
List of Contributors
Contents of Volume I, Part B

1. General Introduction
   I. Historical Background
   II. The Present Volume
   III. Future Outlook
   References
   Part I. Nonlinear Optical Susceptibilities
2. Theory of Nonlinear Optical Susceptibilities
   I. Introduction
   II. Macroscopic Theory of Optical Susceptibilities
   III. Microscopic Theory of Nonlinear Susceptibilities
   IV. Conclusion. Nonlinear Spectroscopy
   Appendix 1. Perturbation Theory
   Appendix 2. Multipole Expansion
   Appendix 3. The Genkin-Mednis Approach
   References
3. Measurement of Nonlinear Optical Susceptibilities
   I. Introduction
   II. Experimental Fundamentals
   III. Second-Order Polarizabilities
   IV. Conclusion
   References
   Part II. Nonlinear Optical Processes
4. Two-Photon Absorption Spectroscopy
   I. Introduction
   II. Theory
   III. Experimental Apparatus
   IV. Experimental Results
   References
5. Stimulated Mandelstam-Brillouin Process
   I. Introduction
   II. Experimental Observation of the Stimulated Mandelstam-Brillouin Process
   III. Theory of Stimulated Mandelstam-Brillouin Process
   IV. Quantitative Experimental Studies of the Stimulated Mandelstam-Brillouin Process
   References
6. Spontaneous and Stimulated Parametric Processes
   I. Introduction
   II. Theory
   III. Properties of the Spontaneous Emission and Experimental Results
   IV. Applications
   References
7. The Stimulated Raman Process
   I. Introduction
   II. General Description of the Stimulated Raman Process
   III. Theory of Transient Stimulated Raman Scattering
   IV. Experimental Observations on the Transient Stimulated Raman Scattering
   References
   Index