| Preface | |
| Interactions between lightwaves in a nonlinear dielectric | p. 3 |
| Light waves at the boundary of nonlinear media | p. 29 |
| Quantum theoretical comparison of nonlinear susceptibilities in parametric media, lasers and raman lasers | p. 47 |
| Wave propagation in nonlinear electromagnetic media | p. 62 |
| Nonlinear optics | p. 72 |
| Conservation laws in nonlinear optics | p. 100 |
| Nonlinear optics and spectroscopy | p. 109 |
| Nonlinear optics; a historical perspective | p. 121 |
| Observation of reflected light harmonics at the boundary of piezo-electric crystals | p. 136 |
| Experimental verification of optical laws of nonlinear reflection | p. 140 |
| Relative phase measurement between fundamental and second harmonic light | p. 143 |
| Dispersion of the optical nonlinearity in semiconductors | p. 147 |
| Second harmonic generation of light in reflection from media with inversion symmetry | p. 152 |
| Second harmonic reflected light | p. 157 |
| Total reflection in second harmonic generation | p. 170 |
| Reflected third harmonic generated by picosecond laser pulses | p. 174 |
| Conical refraction in nonlinear optics | p. 179 |
| Second harmonic conical refraction | p. 183 |
| Conservation of angular momentum for optical processes in crystals | p. 188 |
| Symmetry of nonlinear optical susceptibilities in absorbing media and conservation of angular momentum | p. 200 |
| Coupling between vibrations and light waves in raman laser media | p. 210 |
| Complex intensity-dependent index of refraction, frequency broadening and stimulated raman lines and stimulated Rayleigh scattering | p. 215 |
| Self-focusing of laser beams and stimulated raman gain in liquids | p. 220 |
| The influence of self-focusing on the stimulated Brillouin, Raman and Rayleigh effects | p. 224 |
| Controlled stimulated raman amplification and oscillation in hydrogen gas | p. 228 |
| Observation of stimulated concentration scattering in a mixture of SF6 and He | p. 234 |
| Forward picosecond stokes pulse generation in transient stimulated raman scattering | p. 238 |
| On the spectral line shape and cross-section in transient raman scattering | p. 242 |
| Interference of resonant and nonresonant three-wave mixing in diamond | p. 246 |
| Double resonance interference in third order light mixing | p. 251 |
| Anistropic interference of three-wave and double two-wave frequency mixing in GaAS | p. 257 |
| Line shapes in coherent resonant raman scattering | p. 262 |
| Pressure induced extra resonances in four-wave mixing | p. 271 |
| Pressure induced degenerate frequency resonance in four-wave light mixing | p. 276 |
| Collision-induced Hanle resonances of kilohertz width in phase-conjugate four-wave light mixing | p. 279 |
| Collision-induced Hanle resonances in four-wave light mixing | p. 283 |
| Review of nonlinear optical phenomena in condensed matter | p. 297 |
| The stimulated raman effect | p. 338 |
| A quarter century of stimulated raman scattering | p. 374 |
| A quarter century of pico- and femtosecond raman scattering | p. 389 |
| Observation of two-photon absorption without Doppler broadening on the 3S-5S transition in sodium vapor | p. 396 |
| Zeeman effect in the two-photon 3S-5S transition in sodium vapor | p. 401 |
| Two-photon absorption as a new test of the Judd-Ofelt theory | p. 405 |
| Selection rule violation, anistropy and anomalous intensity of two-photon absorption lines in Gd[superscript 3+]: LaF[subscript 3] | p. 411 |
| The [superscript 1]So level of Pr[superscript 3+] in LaCl[subscript 3] | p. 418 |
| The solved puzzle of two-photon rare earth spectra in solids | p. 421 |
| Solid state infrared quantum counters | p. 430 |
| Comments on the dissociation of polyatomic molecules by 10.6 [mu]m radiation | p. 433 |
| Collisionless multiphoton dissociation of SF6, a statistical thermodynamic process | p. 438 |
| Nonlinear optical response of atoms, ions and molecules; a survey | p. 443 |
| Collisionless vibrational energy redistribution between infrared and raman active modes in SF6 | p. 464 |
| Infrared multiphoton excitation of small molecules | p. 470 |
| Infrared multiphoton excitation of polyatomic molecules | p. 479 |
| Energy redistribution in isolated molecules and the question of mode-selective chemistry revisited | p. 493 |
| Four-photon photoemission from tungsten | p. 501 |
| Incident angle and polarization dependence of four-photon photo-emission from tungsten | p. 506 |
| Thermally assisted multiphoton photoelectric emission from tungsten | p. 513 |
| Recollections about multiphoton processes | p. 520 |
| Avalanche ionization and the limiting diameter of filaments induced by light pulses in transparent media | p. 539 |
| Role of cracks, pores and absorbing inclusions on laser-induced damage threshold at surfaces of transparent dielectrics | p. 544 |
| The influence of electron plasma formation on superbroadening in light filaments | p. 549 |
| Laser-induced electric breakdown in solids | p. 554 |
| Picosecond laser-induced melting and resolidification morphology on silicon | p. 567 |
| Fundamentals of energy transfer during picosecond irradiation of silicon | p. 571 |
| Picosecond time-resolved plasma and temperature-induced changes of the reflectivity and transmission of silicon | p. 581 |
| Second harmonic generation in reflection from crystalline GaAs under intense picosecond laser irradiation | p. 586 |
| Ultrafast electronic disordering during femtosecond laser melting of GaAs | p. 590 |
| Femtosecond laser interaction with metallic tungsten and nonequilibrium electron and lattice temperatures | p. 595 |
| Laser material interactions; fundamentals and applications | p. 600 |
| The science and technology of directed energy weapons | p. 614 |
| Epilogue | p. 619 |
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