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" Resonant nonlinear interactions of light with matter. "
Valerii S Butylkin
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Valerii S Butylkin
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Resonant nonlinear interactions of light with matter.\ Valerii S Butylkin
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[Place of publication not identified] : Springer-Verlag Berlin An, 2012
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3642688918
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: 9783642688911
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1. Resonant Multiphoton Interactions and the Generalized Two-Level System.- 1.1 The Basic Equations Describing the Evolution of Radiation Interacting with Matter.- 1.2 The Truncated Equations for the Density Matrix.- 1.2.1 The Two-Level Model and the First Approximation of the Averaging Method.- 1.2.2 Second-Order Resonances and an Example of the Simultaneous Realization of Two Resonance Conditions.- 1.2.3 The Hamiltonian of the Averaged Motion.- 1.2.4 The Truncated Equations for Resonances of Arbitrary Order Involving Many Levels.- 1.3 Polarization of Matter and the Generalized Dipole Moment.- 1.4 The Generalized Two-Level System.- 2. The Molecular Response to the Resonant Effects of Quasimonochromatic Fields.- 2.1 The Change of Populations of the Generalized Two-Level System in Quasimonochromatic Fields.- 2.1.1 Saturation of Populations of Resonant Levels and the Effect Which the Level Shift Under the Influence of Light Has on Saturation.- 2.1.2 Balance Equations and Interference of Transition Probability Amplitudes in Resonant Parametric Interactions.- 2.2 Susceptibility in Incoherent Multiphoton Processes.- 2.2.1 Expressions for Susceptibility.- 2.2.2 The Imaginary Part of Susceptibility as a Function of Fields and the Energy Absorbed by Matter.- 2.2.3 The Real Part of Susceptibility for the Single-Photon Resonance.- 2.2.4 The Real Part of Susceptibility for Two-Photon Absorption (TPA) and Stimulated Raman Scattering (SRS).- 2.2.5 The Real Part of Susceptibility Generated by Light Pulses.- 2.3 Spectroscopy of Polarizabilities of Excited States.- 2.4 Molecular Response for Resonant Parametric Interactions.- 3. The Dynamics of Quantum Systems for Resonant Interactions with Strong Nonstationary Fields.- 3.1 The Equation of Motion and Its Properties.- 3.1.1 The Specific Features of the Relaxation of the System in a Strong Quasi-Resonant Field.- 3.1.2 The Equation of Population Motion.- 3.1.3 Equation of Population Dynamics for Two-Photon Processes.- 3.2 Amplitude Modulation for Exact Frequency Resonance, ? ? 0 (Exact Solutions).- 3.2.1 Equal Relaxation Times (T = ?).- 3.2.2 The Case of Unequal Relaxation Times (T ? ?).- 3.2.3 Relaxation in the Field of a Single Pulse for T ? ?, and Methods for Exact Solutions.- 3.3 Amplitude-Frequency Modulation of the Field (Exact Solutions).- 3.3.1 The Case of Equal Relaxation Times (T = ?).- 3.3.2 The Non-Equal Relaxation Times (T ? ?).- 3.4 Approximate Solutions in Various Limiting Cases.- 3.5 Relaxation in a Stationary Field.- 3.6 Polarization Dynamics in a Nonstationary Field.- 4. Polarization of Resonant Media.- 4.1 Nonlinear Polarization of Gaseous Media.- 4.1.1 Probability of Stimulated Multiphoton Transitions and Polarization of Freely Self-Orienting Systems.- 4.1.2 The Local Coherence of Parametric Interaction.- 4.1.3 Influence of the Doppler Effect on the Shape of the Absorption Line for Multiphoton Interactions.- 4.2 Dispersion Properties of the Resonant Susceptibility of Media with Identically Oriented Particles.- 4.3 The Equation for the Nonlinear Susceptibility for the Single-Photon Resonance.- 4.4 The Properties of Spatial Harmonics of Susceptibility.- 4.4.1 Relationships Between Direct and Mixed Susceptibilities.- 4.4.2 The Connection Between Susceptibilities ?, a and b.- 4.4.3 Potential Function for Susceptibilities.- 5. Structure of One-Dimensional Waves for the Single-Photon Resonance.- 5.1 Conservation Laws for One-Dimensional Waves in Resonant Media.- 5.2 Stationary Oscillations in a Layer of Identical Molecules Without Distributed Losses.- 5.3 Stationary Oscillations in a Layer of Identical Molecules in the Presence of Distributed Losses.- 5.4 Rotation of Polarization Planes of Countertravelling Waves in an Isotropic Nonlinear Medium.- 6. Three-Photon Resonant Parametric Processes.- 6.1 Addition and Doubling qf Frequencies for a Transition Frequency in Matter That Coincides with the Sum Frequency or the Frequency of the Harmonic.- 6.1.1 Addition and Doubling of Frequencies in a Medium with Identically Oriented Molecules.- 6.1.2 On Resonant Frequency Doubling in Vapors and Gases.- 6.2 Generation of the Second Harmonic of Resonant Pumping....- 6.3 Resonant Division of Frequency.- 6.4 Generation of the Difference Frequency During Stimulated Raman Scattering.- 6.4.1 Generation of Resonant Radiation During SRS in a Medium Consisting of Identically Oriented Molecules.- 6.4.2 Generation of the Difference Frequency During SRS in Gases.- 6.4.3 Generation of the Difference Frequency During SRS in the Presence of a Nonuniform Electrostatic Field.- 7. Four-Photon Resonant Parametric Interactions (RPI).- 7.1 Anti-Stokes Stimulated Raman Scattering.- 7.1.1 Specific Features of ASRS.- 7.1.2 Basic Equations.- 7.1.3 Spatial Distribution of the Anti-Stokes Component.- 7.1.4 Energy Characteristics of ASRS.- 7.1.5 The Experimental Analysis of Energy Characteristics.- 7.2 The Influence of Four-Photon RPIs on the Dynamics of the Stokes Components of SRS.- 7.2.1 Generation of the Stokes Components of SRS During Biharmonic Pumping.- 7.2.2 The Effect of Strong Pumping TPA on Weak Pumping SRS.- 7.2.3 Discussion of Experimental Results.- 7.3 Radiation Frequency Transformation in Four-Photon RPIs Based on Pumping Field TPA and SRS.- 7.3.1 Introductory Remarks and Basic Equations.- 7.3.2 Generation of the Difference Frequency During TPA.- 7.3.3 Generation of the Sum Frequency During TPA.- 7.3.4 The Effect of Wave Detuning.- 7.3.5 Transformation Length and Effect of Population Saturation.- 7.3.6 Four-Photon RPI's Based on SRS of the Pumping Field.- 7.3.7 Generation of the Difference Frequency During SRS....- 7.3.8 Generation of the Sum Frequency During SRS.- 7.3.9 Discussion.- 7.4 On Soft Excitation of Stimulated Two-Photon Radiation.- 8. Self-Action of Light Beams Caused by Resonant Interaction with the Medium.- 8.1 Specific Features and Threshold Characteristics of Self-Focussing in an Absorbing Medium.- 8.1.1 The Equation for the Beam Radius.- 8.1.2 The Threshold for Weak Attenuation.- 8.1.3 The Threshold for Strong and Intermediate Attenuation.- 8.2 The "Weak" Self-Focussing and Self-Defocussing of a Gaussian Beam in an Absorbing Medium.- 8.3 Self-Bending of Trajectories of Asymmetric Light Beams in Nonlinear Media.- 8.4 Conditions for the Existence of Self-Action Caused by Resonant Absorption.- 8.5 Self-Action of Light Caused by Stimulated Raman Scattering.- 8.5.1 Formation of a Thin Lens in the Region of SRS-Transformation.- 8.5.2 The Threshold of SRS Self-Focussing and Self-Bending..- 8.6 Self-Action Effects at Nonlinear Interface.- 8.6.1 Nonlinear Properties of Interfaces.- 8.6.2 The Main Equations and Conditions.- 8.6.3 Effects at "Positive" Nonlinearity.- 8.6.4 Experiments on a Nonlinear Interface.- 8.6.5 Effects at "Negative" Nonlinearity Longitudinally Inhomogeneous Traveling Waves (LITW).- 8.6.6 Theorems of LITW Existence for Arbitrary Kinds of Nonlinearity.- 8.7 Optical Bistability Based on Mutual Self-Action of Counterpropagating Light Beams.- 8.7.1 Experimental Observation of Bistability Based on Self-Trapping.- 8.7.2 Mutual Self-Action of Counterpropagating Beams in the General Case.- References.
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