Quantum Nonlinear Optics

• Main Authors: Hanamura, Eiichi (Author), Kawabe, Yutaka (Author), Yamanaka, Akio (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2007.
• Subjects: Physics.; Optics.; Electrodynamics.; Quantum optics.; Lasers.; Photonics.; Optics and Electrodynamics.; Laser Technology, Photonics.; Quantum Optics.

This graduate-level textbook gives an introductory overview of the fundamentals of quantum nonlinear optics. Based on the quantum theory of radiation, Quantum Nonlinear Optics incorporates the exciting developments in novel nonlinear responses of materials (plus laser oscillation and superradiance)...

Table of Contents:

• Quantization of the Radiation Field
• Interaction Between the Electron and the Radiation Field
• Statistical Properties of Light
• Laser Oscillation
• Dynamics of Light
• Nonlinear Optical Responses I
• Nonlinear Optical Responses II.