Kramers-Kronig Relations in Optical Materials Research

• Main Authors: Lucarini, Valerio (Author), Peiponen, Kai-Erik (Author), Saarinen, Jarkko J. (Author), Vartiainen, Erik M. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2005.
• Series: Springer Series in Optical Sciences, 110
• Subjects: Materials science.; Optics.; Electrodynamics.; Optoelectronics.; Plasmons (Physics).; Engineering.; Materials Science.; Materials Science, general.; Optics, Optoelectronics, Plasmonics and Optical Devices.; Optics and Electrodynamics.; Engineering, general.

This is the first one-volume work to provide a thorough and comprehensive description of the physical background, rigorous theory and applications of Kramers-Kronig relations in the fields of linear and nonlinear optical spectroscopy. Currently, Kramers-Kronig relations have become basic tools in th...

Table of Contents:

• Electrodynamic Properties of a General Physical System
• General Properties of the Linear Optical Response
• Kramers-Kronig Relations and Sum Rules in Linear Optics
• General Properties of the Nonlinear Optical Response
• Kramers-Kronig Relations and Sum Rules in Nonlinear Optics
• Kramers-Kronig Relations and Sum Rules for Harmonic-Generation Processes
• Kramers-Kronig Relations and Sum Rules for Data Analysis: Examples
• Modified Kramers-Kronig Relations in Nonlinear Optics
• The Maximum Entropy Method: Theory and Applications
• Conclusions.