1st Edition
Susceptibility Tensors for Nonlinear Optics
208 Pages
by
CRC Press
492 Pages
by
Routledge
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Susceptibility Tensors for Nonlinear Optics is a unique and invaluable reference book with accompanying software. Starting from basic principles, the book presents a detailed introduction to the concept of optical susceptibilities of crystalline media. Substantial appendices include useful tables of third-, fourth-, and fifth-rank susceptibility tensors for major nonlinear optical effects.... Read more
PREFACE
TURBO-RANK PACKAGE
INTRODUCTION TO THE THEORY OF NONLINEAR SUSCEPTIBILITIES
Optical response of the medium
Various forms of the constitutive equation
Nonlinear optical response
Absorptionless media
Tensors of nonlinear optical susceptibilities
PROPERTIES OF THE TENSORS OF LOCAL AND NONLOCAL OPTICAL RESPONSE
Linear optical susceptibilities
Quadratic optical susceptibilities
Cubic optical susceptibilities
Higher-order nonlinear susceptibilities
Selected results of quantum theory
PRINCIPLES OF CALCULATION OF SYMMETRY PROPERTIES OF HIGH-RANK MATERIAL TENSORS
Material tensors
Basic concepts
Crystal symmetry classes and natural system of coordinates
Equations of invariance of material tensors
Method of direct inspection and its algorithmization
Method of cyclic coordinates and its algorithmization
IMPLICIT CONSTITUTIVE EQUATIONS
Optical response and causality principle
Implicit constitutive equations in oscillator models
APPENDICES
Susceptibility tensors for principal nonlinear optical processes
Units for optical susceptibilities
Principle of symmetry of kinetic coefficients and optical susceptibilities Material tensors for isotropic media
Tables of third-, fourth- and fifth-rank tensors
REFERENCES
TURBO-RANK PACKAGE
INTRODUCTION TO THE THEORY OF NONLINEAR SUSCEPTIBILITIES
Optical response of the medium
Various forms of the constitutive equation
Nonlinear optical response
Absorptionless media
Tensors of nonlinear optical susceptibilities
PROPERTIES OF THE TENSORS OF LOCAL AND NONLOCAL OPTICAL RESPONSE
Linear optical susceptibilities
Quadratic optical susceptibilities
Cubic optical susceptibilities
Higher-order nonlinear susceptibilities
Selected results of quantum theory
PRINCIPLES OF CALCULATION OF SYMMETRY PROPERTIES OF HIGH-RANK MATERIAL TENSORS
Material tensors
Basic concepts
Crystal symmetry classes and natural system of coordinates
Equations of invariance of material tensors
Method of direct inspection and its algorithmization
Method of cyclic coordinates and its algorithmization
IMPLICIT CONSTITUTIVE EQUATIONS
Optical response and causality principle
Implicit constitutive equations in oscillator models
APPENDICES
Susceptibility tensors for principal nonlinear optical processes
Units for optical susceptibilities
Principle of symmetry of kinetic coefficients and optical susceptibilities Material tensors for isotropic media
Tables of third-, fourth- and fifth-rank tensors
REFERENCES
Biography
Popov, S.V
"The book and especially the easily usable TURBO RANK are of great value for scientists and students interested in symmetry properties of physical effects in solid state physics and material science."
-Crystal Research and Technology
