This is the most complete account of nonlinear optics published in recent years. The book presents and explains very clearly the work of brilliant scientists in this area in the last half century. Its more than 600 very well-written pages include many examples and illustrations, some of them in color.
The first ten chapters form a textbook, with problems and references in each chapter. Here we find an in-depth treatment of second- and third-order nonlinear frequency mixing and other important issues, such as induced refractive-index changes, self-focusing, self-phase modulation, spectral self-broadening, stimulated scattering, optical phase conjugation, nonlinear spectroscopy and self-induced transparency.
The second part of the book covers more advanced issues, such as temporal and spatial optical solitons, multiphoton effects, fast and slow light, and THz nonlinear photonics. The book ends with several appendixes and an index.
This volume is a must for any university library and is strongly recommended to all readers interested in nonlinear optics.
Review by Daniela Dragoman, University of Bucharest, Romania
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