Nonlinear Optics
G.L. Lippi
24h teaching module
Level: Second year Master in Optics
Outline of the programme
General introduction to nonlinear optical processes. Applications of scattering. Scattering by an externally excited dipole. Scattering cross section. Spectral response. Thermodynamic description of fluctuations and applications to scattering by continuous media. Electrostriction. Rayleigh and Brillouin Scattering. Acousto-Optic modulation. Raman scattering. Self-focussing. Guided propagation Propagation of optical pulses and optical solitons. Two-beam coupling.
The course is based on the textbook: R.W. Boyd, Nonlinear Optics, but uses materials also from other sources. The units used in the course are those of the International System (SI), which replace the traditional cgs set.
Note: This course represents half of the full course, shared with Pascal Baldi, who focusses on frequency conversion, parametric amplification, etc.
Bibliography
A. Yariv, Introduction to Optical Electronics, Holt, Rinehart & Winston, New York, 1976
A. Yariv, Quantum Electronics, 3rd ed., Wiley, New York, 1988
D. Suter, The Physics of Laser-Atom Interactions, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1997
A. Aspect, G. Grynberg & M. Pinard, Introduction aux Lasers et à l'Optique Quantique, Ellipses, Ècole Polytechnique, 1997 (in French)
L. Allen & J.H. Eberly, Optical Resonance and Two-Level Atoms, Dover, New York, 1987
C. Cohen-Tannoudji, J. Dupont-Roc & G. Grynberg, Photons & Atoms, Introduction to Quantum Electrodynamics, Wiley, New York 1989
C. Cohen-Tannoudji, J. Dupont-Roc & G. Grynberg, Atom-Photon Interactions, Wiley, New York, 1992
R.W. Boyd, Nonlinear Optics, Academic Press, London, 1992
P.N. Butcher & D. Cotter, The Elements of Nonlinear Optics, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1993
Y.R. Shen, The Principles of Nonlinear Optics, Wiley, New York, 1984
A. Newell & J.V. Moloney, Nonlinear Optics, Addison-Wesley, Redwood City (CA), 1992
H.C. van de Hulst, Light Scattering by Small Particles, Dover, New York, 1981