Resonant Nonlinear Interactions of Light with Matter
By: by Valerii S. Butylkin, Yury G. Khronopulo, Alexander E. Kaplan, Evsei I. Yakubovich
Contributors: Khronopulo, Yury G.; Kaplan, Alexander E.; Yakubovich, Evsei I.
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published: 1989
Place of publication: Berlin, Heidelberg
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 342
ISBN-13: 9783642688935; 9783642688911
Subjects: Physics
Description: This text uses a unified approach based on the concept of a generalized two-level system to discuss most of the effects related to resonant nonlinear optics: single- and multiphonon absorption, Raman scattering, parametric interactions self-action of light in resonant media, etc. The techniques developed here are applied to a study of polarization effects and the influence of phase locking and parametric self-induced transparency on the efficiency of frequency conversion and other resonant wave processes. A unified analytic theory of the dynamics of two-level systems under the action of quasi-resonant fields with arbitrary modulated frequency and amplitude is given. Various self-action effects based on a resonant nonlinear refractive index are discussed. They include self-focussing, self-bending (or self-deflection), the recently discovered effect of the switching of light reflection at nonlinear interfaces and optical bistability based on mututal self-focussing of counterpropagating laser beams.
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Table of contents: title: Resonant Multiphoton Interactions and the Generalized Two-Level System; title: The Molecular Response to the Resonant Effects of Quasimonochromatic Fields; title: The Dynamics of Quantum Systems for Resonant Interactions with Strong Nonstationary Fields; title: Polarization of Resonant Media; title: Structure of One-Dimensional Waves for the Single-Photon Resonance; title: Three-Photon Resonant Parametric Processes; title: Four-Photon Resonant Parametric Interactions (RPI); title: Self-Action of Light Beams Caused by Resonant Interaction with the Medium; title: References; title: Subject Index.