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Nonlinear Optical Effects and Materials

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Editors:
  1. Peter Günter

    1. Nonlinear Optics Laboratory, Institute of Quantum Electronics, Zürich, Switzerland

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  • Up-to-date review of nonlinear materials
  • Provides a rich source of information for physicists and engineers in the field
  • The most comprehensive book available on the issue
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Springer Series in Optical Sciences (SSOS, volume 72)

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIV
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  2. Introduction

    • P. Günter
    Pages 1-5

  3. Third-Order Nonlinear Optics in Polar Materials

    • Ch. Bosshard
    Pages 7-161

  4. Second-Order Nonlinear Optical Organic Materials: Recent Developments

    • Ch. Bosshard, M. Bösch, I. Liakatas, M. Jäger, P. Günter
    Pages 163-299

  5. The Photorefractive Effect in Inorganic and Organic Materials

    • G. Montemezzani, C. Medrano, M. Zgonik, P. Günter
    Pages 301-373

  6. Photorefractive Memories for Optical Processing

    • M. Duelli, G. Montemezzani, M. Zgonik, P. Günter
    Pages 375-436

  7. Second-Harmonic Generation in Ferroelectric Waveguides

    • T. Pliska, D. Fluck, P. Günter
    Pages 437-526

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 527-541
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About this book

It is now well established that a unique feature of coherent optical beams is their ability to transmit, process, store and interconnect in parallel a large number of high bandwidth information channels. However, although these techniques possess great potential their development depends critically on the nonlinear optical effects used and on the availability of nonlinear optical materials that work at high speed and low incident optical power. At present, these requirements are stimulating a great deal of research in materials science and are challenging existing technologies, in particular high speed electronics. This volume devoted to nonlinear optical effects and materials presents a detailed account of selected topics in inorganic and organic materials re­ search. The status of organic crystals and polymers for nonlinear optics is critically compared with their inorganic counterparts. The preparation tech­ niques and a description of the methods used to characterize the nonlinear optical effects relevant for device applications are dealt with, as well as a theoretical description of the nonlinear optical, electro-optical and photore­ fractive effects observed. The main concepts and potential applications are outlined and developed in the various chapters of this book. This collection of articles provides a broad survey of selected research topics in organic and in­ organic nonlinear optics.

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From the reviews: "Indeed, this book also provides an excellent overview of the subject and is an excellent introduction for the non-specialist....will prove useful for many years and that will also survive extensive use during these years. As such it is highly recommended to the reader who wants an in-depth introduction to nonlinear optical materials"
Gary J.Long, Fernande Grandjean, Physicalia, 2001,36,2

Editors and Affiliations

  • Nonlinear Optics Laboratory, Institute of Quantum Electronics, Zürich, Switzerland

    Peter Günter

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Nonlinear Optical Effects and Materials

  • Editors: Peter Günter

  • Series Title: Springer Series in Optical Sciences

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-49713-4

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2000

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-65029-4Due: 06 March 2000

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-53694-6Published: 20 July 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-49713-4Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0342-4111

  • Series E-ISSN: 1556-1534

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 540

  • Number of Illustrations: 167 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices, Condensed Matter Physics, Polymer Sciences

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