Nonlinear Optics (4th Edition)

Nicolaas Bloembergen recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physics 1981 wroteNonlinear Optics in 1964 when the field of nonlinear optics was only threeyears old. The... » 

Nicolaas Bloembergen recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physics 1981 wroteNonlinear Optics in 1964 when the field of nonlinear optics was only threeyears old. The available literature has since grown by at least three orders ofmagnitude.The vitality of Nonlinear Optics is evident from the stillgrowing number ofscientists and engineers engaged in the study of new nonlinear phenomena and inthe development of new nonlinear devices in the field of optoelectronics. Thismonograph should be helpful in providing a historical introduction and ageneral background of basic ideas both for experts specializing in thisdiscipline and for scientists and students who wish to become acquainted withit.This is the fourth reprint and includes new references to the recentliterature. «