自20世纪60年代以来，非线性光学的发展非常迅速，技术上的应用数不胜数。《Introduction to Nonlinear Optics（非线性光学导论）（影印版）》系统介绍了该领域的基本原理，非常适合帮助研究生开始他们的研究生涯。在介绍了基本思想以后，本书给出了非常详细的，对于二次谐波发生及相关的二阶过程。继而讨论了三阶效应，比如短脉冲非线性光学，还有电磁诱导透明度等相干效应。另外，本书还简要讨论了高次谐波发生。对于线性与非线性晶体光学、非线性系数的张量性质等高等内容，本书在某些章节也做了介绍。
Preface page xi
Acknowledgements xv
1 Introduction 1
2 Frequency mixing 19
3 Crystal optics 45
4 Nonlinear optics in crystals 62
5 Third-order nonlinear processes 76
6 Dispersion and optical pulses 116
7 Nonlinear optics with pulses 131
8 Some quantum mechanics 162
9 Resonant effects 184
10 High harmonic generation 204
Appendix A Conventions and units 218
Appendix B Linear and nonlinear susceptibilities in the time and frequency domains 221
Appendix C Definition of the nonlinear coefficients 225
Appendix D Non-zero d elements in non-centrosymmetric crystals 232
Appendix E Real fields, complex fields, and the analytic signal 234
Appendix F Geometry of the grating pair 235
Appendix G The paraxial wave equation 236
Appendix H Useful formulae for numerical simulations 237
Appendix I Useful constants 239
Answers to problems 240
Further Reading 248
References 249
Index 253
