Menzel R. Photonics: Linear and Nonlinear Interactions of Laser Light and Matter

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2007. — 1024 p.
This book is a compact handbook containing cornerstone information on formulas as well as the parameters of light and materials. It also gives some insight into the related physics. It covers the basics of the widespread field of photonics.
Topics in photonics
What does photonics mean?
Scientific topics
Technical topics
Photonics and technology
Applications
Costs of photons
Properties and description of light
Properties of photons
Plane waves monochromatic light
Geometrical optics
Gaussian beams
Ray matrices
Describing light polarization
Light characteristics
Statistical properties of photon fields
Interference and coherence of light
Linear interactions between light and matter
General description
Refraction and dispersion
Absorption and emission
Measurement of absorption
Polarization in refraction and reflection (Fresnel’s formula)
Relation between reflection, absorption and refraction
Birefringence
Optical activity (polarization rotation)
Diffraction
Waveguiding – optical fibers
Light scattering processes
Optical materials
Nonlinear interactions of light and matter without absorption
General classification
Nonresonant interactions
Nonlinear polarization of the medium
Second-order effects
Third-order effects
Higher-order nonlinear effects
Materials for nonresonant nonlinear interactions
Nonlinear interactions of light and matter with absorption
General remarks
Homogeneous and inhomogeneous broadening
Incoherent interaction
Coherent resonant interaction
Two-photon and multiphoton absorption
Photoionization and optical breakdown (OBD)
Optical damage
Laser material processing
Combined interactions with diffraction and absorption changes
Materials in resonant nonlinear optics
Lasers
Principle
Active materials: three- and four-level schemes – gain
Pump mechanism: quantum defect and efficiency
Side-effects from the pumped active material
Laser resonators
Transversal modes of laser resonators
Longitudinal modes
Threshold, gain and power of laser beams
Spectral linewidth and position of laser emission
Intensity modulation and short pulse generation
Laser amplifier
Laser classification
Common laser parameters
Modification of pulse structure
Frequency transformation
Laser safety
Nonlinear optical spectroscopy
General procedure
Conventional absorption measurements
Conventional emission measurements
Nonlinear transmission measurements (bleaching curves)
z-scan measurements
Nonlinear emission measurements
Pump and probe measurements
Special pump and probe techniques
Determination of population density and material parameters
Practical hints for determination
Examples for spectroscopic setups
Special sample conditions
Quantum chemical calculationsFurther readingList of tables
Subject index