Nonlinear Optics

Theory, Numerical Modeling, and Applications

Partha P. Banerjee

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 2003
• eBook ISBN: 9781135520816
• Edition: 0
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• Subtopic: Electrical Engineering & Telecommunications
• Index: Technology & Engineering

Diffractional Optics of Millimetre Waves combines those elements of diffraction theory normally associated with optics, including Gaussian beams, lenses, and mirrors, and extends them into the micro- and millimetre wavelength range. In this regime there are a number of applications in devices, such as automobile proximity sensors, satellite-TV receiving antennae, and non-destructive testing systems. Researchers working in these areas would benefit from greater understanding of the diffraction phenomena involved. A translated and updated version of the authors' book Diffraction Quasioptics, this book will present results formerly unavailable in the general literature.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Series Page
• Preface
• Table of Contents
• 1 Optical Propagation in Linear Media
• 2 The Origin and Modeling of Optical Nonlinearity
• 3 Second Harmonic Generation
• 4 Self-Refraction of Optical Beams
• 5 Optical Bistability
• 6 Optical Phase Conjugation
• 7 Stimulated Brillouin and Raman Scattering
• 8 Solitons in Optical Fibers
• 9 Photorefractive Nonlinear Optics
• 10 Nonlinear Optical Properties of Nematic Liquid Crystals
• 11 Self-Organization in Nonlinear Optical Systems
• 12 Nonlinear Optics of Photonic Bandgap Structures
• Appendix A The Split Step Beam Propagation Method
• Appendix B Wavelet Transforms and Application to Solution of Partial Differential Equations
• Index