Linear and Nonlinear Optical Properties of Molecules: Copublished with VHCA Publishers, Basel.

by Georges H. Wagnière

This book is a vivid introduction into the interdisciplinary field of linear and nonlinear optical effects. Anyone working on spectroscopy, photochemistry, laser optics or optical data processing will benefit from the fundamentals presented here.

In contrast to the available, rather physically oriented treatments of the subject, this book focuses on molecular properties. This unique approach and the consequent use of graphs for relating facts facilitate working with this book for the beginner.
Topics covered
* Absorption and emission processes
* First and higher order Raman effects
* Optical activity and circular dichroism
* Magnetooptical and electrooptical effects
* Harmonic frequency generation and other nonlinear optical effects.

Detailed mathematical derivations are included, but shifted to the appendix, which makes the text easy to read. These supplements and the comprehensive, yet concise, coverage of the field make this book an invaluable source of information also for the advanced reader.

195 pages, Hardcover

First published December 1, 1993