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
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