| Preface to the Third Edition | p. xiii |
| Preface to the Second Edition | p. xv |
| Preface to the First Edition | p. xvii |
| The Nonlinear Optical Susceptibility | p. 1 |
| Introduction to Nonlinear Optics | p. 1 |
| Descriptions of Nonlinear Optical Processes | p. 4 |
| Formal Definition of the Nonlinear Susceptibility | p. 17 |
| Nonlinear Susceptibility of a Classical Anharmonic Oscillator | p. 21 |
| Properties of the Nonlinear Susceptibility | p. 33 |
| Time-Domain Description of Optical Nonlinearities | p. 52 |
| Kramers-Kronig Relations in Linear and Nonlinear Optics | p. 58 |
| Problems | p. 63 |
| References | p. 65 |
| Wave-Equation Description of Nonlinear Optical Interactions | p. 69 |
| The Wave Equation for Nonlinear Optical Media | p. 69 |
| The Coupled-Wave Equations for Sum-Frequency Generation | p. 74 |
| Phase Matching | p. 79 |
| Quasi-Phase-Matching | p. 84 |
| The Manley-Rowe Relations | p. 88 |
| Sum-Frequency Generation | p. 91 |
| Second-Harmonic Generation | p. 96 |
| Difference-Frequency Generation and Parametric Amplification | p. 105 |
| Optical Parametric Oscillators | p. 108 |
| Nonlinear Optical Interactions with Focused Gaussian Beams | p. 116 |
| Nonlinear Optics at an Interface | p. 122 |
| Problems | p. 128 |
| References | p. 132 |
| Quantum-Mechanical Theory of the Nonlinear Optical Susceptibility | p. 135 |
| Introduction | p. 135 |
| Schrodinger Calculation of Nonlinear Optical Susceptibility | p. 137 |
| Density Matrix Formulation of Quantum Mechanics | p. 150 |
| Perturbation Solution of the Density Matrix Equation of Motion | p. 158 |
| Density Matrix Calculation of the Linear Susceptibility | p. 161 |
| Density Matrix Calculation of the Second-Order Susceptibility | p. 170 |
| Density Matrix Calculation of the Third-Order Susceptibility | p. 180 |
| Electromagnetically Induced Transparency | p. 185 |
| Local-Field Corrections to the Nonlinear Optical Susceptibility | p. 194 |
| Problems | p. 201 |
| References | p. 204 |
| The Intensity-Dependent Refractive Index | p. 207 |
| Descriptions of the Intensity-Dependent Refractive Index | p. 207 |
| Tensor Nature of the Third-Order Susceptibility | p. 211 |
| Nonresonant Electronic Nonlinearities | p. 221 |
| Nonlinearities Due to Molecular Orientation | p. 228 |
| Thermal Nonlinear Optical Effects | p. 235 |
| Semiconductor Nonlinearities | p. 240 |
| Concluding Remarks | p. 247 |
| References | p. 251 |
| Molecular Origin of the Nonlinear Optical Response | p. 253 |
| Nonlinear Susceptibilities Calculated Using Time-Independent Perturbation Theory | p. 253 |
| Semiempirical Models of the Nonlinear Optical Susceptibility | p. 259 |
| Model of Boling, Glass, and Owyoung | p. 260 |
| Nonlinear Optical Properties of Conjugated Polymers | p. 262 |
| Bond-Charge Model of Nonlinear Optical Properties | p. 264 |
| Nonlinear Optics of Chiral Media | p. 268 |
| Nonlinear Optics of Liquid Crystals | p. 271 |
| Problems | p. 273 |
| References | p. 274 |
| Nonlinear Optics in the Two-Level Approximation | p. 277 |
| Introduction | p. 277 |
| Density Matrix Equations of Motion for a Two-Level Atom | p. 278 |
| Steady-State Response of a Two-Level Atom to a Monochromatic Field | p. 285 |
| Optical Bloch Equations | p. 293 |
| Rabi Oscillations and Dressed Atomic States | p. 301 |
| Optical Wave Mixing in Two-Level Systems | p. 313 |
| Problems | p. 326 |
| References | p. 327 |
| Processes Resulting from the Intensity-Dependent Refractive Index | p. 329 |
| Self-Focusing of Light and Other Self-Action Effects | p. 329 |
| Optical Phase Conjugation | p. 342 |
| Optical Bistability and Optical Switching | p. 359 |
| Two-Beam Coupling | p. 369 |
| Pulse Propagation and Temporal Solitons | p. 375 |
| Problems | p. 383 |
| References | p. 388 |
| Spontaneous Light Scattering and Acoustooptics | p. 391 |
| Features of Spontaneous Light Scattering | p. 391 |
| Microscopic Theory of Light Scattering | p. 396 |
| Thermodynamic Theory of Scalar Light Scattering | p. 402 |
| Acoustooptics | p. 413 |
| Problems | p. 427 |
| References | p. 428 |
| Stimulated Brillouin and Stimulated Rayleigh Scattering | p. 429 |
| Stimulated Scattering Processes | p. 429 |
| Electrostriction | p. 431 |
| Stimulated Brillouin Scattering (Induced by Electrostriction) | p. 436 |
| Phase Conjugation by Stimulated Brillouin Scattering | p. 448 |
| Stimulated Brillouin Scattering in Gases | p. 453 |
| Stimulated Brillouin and Stimulated Rayleigh Scattering | p. 455 |
| Problems | p. 468 |
| References | p. 470 |
| Stimulated Raman Scattering and Stimulated Rayleigh-Wing Scattering | p. 473 |
| The Spontaneous Raman Effect | p. 473 |
| Spontaneous versus Stimulated Raman Scattering | p. 474 |
| Stimulated Raman Scattering Described by the Nonlinear Polarization | p. 479 |
| Stokes-Anti-Stokes Coupling in Stimulated Raman Scattering | p. 488 |
| Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Scattering | p. 499 |
| Stimulated Rayleigh-Wing Scattering | p. 501 |
| Problems | p. 508 |
| References | p. 508 |
| The Electrooptic and Photorefractive Effects | p. 511 |
| Introduction to the Electrooptic Effect | p. 511 |
| Linear Electrooptic Effect | p. 512 |
| Electrooptic Modulators | p. 516 |
| Introduction to the Photorefractive Effect | p. 523 |
| Photorefractive Equations of Kukhtarev et al. | p. 526 |
| Two-Beam Coupling in Photorefractive Materials | p. 528 |
| Four-Wave Mixing in Photorefractive Materials | p. 536 |
| Problems | p. 540 |
| References | p. 540 |
| Optically Induced Damage and Multiphoton Absorption | p. 543 |
| Introduction to Optical Damage | p. 543 |
| Avalanche-Breakdown Model | p. 544 |
| Influence of Laser Pulse Duration | p. 546 |
| Direct Photoionization | p. 548 |
| Multiphoton Absorption and Multiphoton Ionization | p. 549 |
| Problems | p. 559 |
| References | p. 559 |
| Ultrafast and Intense-Field Nonlinear Optics | p. 561 |
| Introduction | p. 561 |
| Ultrashort Pulse Propagation Equation | p. 561 |
| Interpretation of the Ultrashort-Pulse Propagation Equation | p. 567 |
| Intense-Field Nonlinear Optics | p. 571 |
| Motion of a Free Electron in a Laser Field | p. 572 |
| High-Harmonic Generation | p. 575 |
| Nonlinear Optics of Plasmas and Relativistic Nonlinear Optics | p. 579 |
| Nonlinear Quantum Electrodynamics | p. 583 |
| Problem | p. 586 |
| References | p. 586 |
| Appendices | p. 589 |
| The SI System of Units | p. 589 |
| Further reading | p. 596 |
| The Gaussian System of Units | p. 596 |
| Further reading | p. 600 |
| Systems of Units in Nonlinear Optics | p. 600 |
| Relationship between Intensity and Field Strength | p. 602 |
| Physical Constants | p. 603 |
| Index | p. 605 |
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