Nonlinear Optical Properties of Materials

• Main Author: Ganeev, Rashid A. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Springer Series in Optical Sciences, 174
• Subjects: Physics.; Atoms.; Quantum optics.; Lasers.; Photonics.; Optics.; Optoelectronics.; Plasmons (Physics).; Optical materials.; Electronic materials.; Optics, Optoelectronics, Plasmonics and Optical Devices.; Optical and Electronic Materials.; Laser Technology, Photonics.; Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics.; Quantum Optics.

This book is mostly concerned on the experimental research of the nonlinear optical characteristics of various media, low- and high-order harmonic generation in different materials, and formation, and nonlinear optical characterization of clusters. We also demonstrate the inter-connection between th...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• References
• Chapter 1 Low-order harmonic generation of laser radiation in various media
• Chapter 2 High-order harmonic generation from laser ablation of various surfaces
• Chapter 3 Nonlinear optical refraction and absorption of media
• Chapter 4 Laser ablation induced cluster formation
• Chapter 5 Low-order nonlinear optical characterization of clusters
• Chapter 6 Application of nanoparticle-contained plasmas for high-order harmonic generation.