Nonlinear photonics /
"Optical nonlinearity emerges from nonlinear interaction of light with matter. In this chapter, the basic concept and formulation of light-matter interaction are discussed through a semiclassical approach. In this semiclassical treatment of the interaction between an optical field and a materia...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY :
Cambridge University Press,
2022.
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| Summary: | "Optical nonlinearity emerges from nonlinear interaction of light with matter. In this chapter, the basic concept and formulation of light-matter interaction are discussed through a semiclassical approach. In this semiclassical treatment of the interaction between an optical field and a material, the behavior of the optical field is classically described by Maxwell's equations, but the state of the material is quantum mechanically described by a wave function that is governed by the Hamiltonian of the material"-- |
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| Physical Description: | xvii, 588 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes index. |
| ISBN: | 9781316512524 1316512525 |