Nonlinear optics : principles and applications / Karsten Rottwitt and Peter Tidemand-Lichtenberg.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1: Introduction;
2: Time-domain material response;
3: Material response in the frequency domain, susceptibility tensors;
4: Symmetries in nonlinear optics;
5: The nonlinear wave equation;
6: Second-order nonlinear effects;
7: Raman scattering;
8: Brillouin Scattering;
9: Optical Kerr effect;
10: Four-wave mixing;
A: Tensors;
B: Hamiltonian and polarization.
C: Signal analysis.
D: Generating matrices and susceptibility tensors;
E: Transverse field distributions;
F: The index ellipsoid;
G: Materials commonly used in nonlinear optics;
Bibliography.

This book describes the fundamental aspects of nonlinear optics and serves as a reference for nonlinear optics professionals as well as graduate students specializing in nonlinear optics.