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Nonlinear optics is a topic of much current interest that exhibits
a great diversity. Some publications on the subject are clearly
physics, while others reveal an engineering bias; some appear to be
accessible to the chemist, while others may appeal to biological
understanding. Yet all purport to be non linear optics so where is
the underlying unity? The answer is that the unity lies in the
phenomena and the devices that exploit them, while the diversity
lies in the materials used to express the phenomena. This book is
an attempt to show this unity in diversity by bringing together
contributions covering an unusually wide range of materials,
preceded by accounts of the main phenomena and important devices.
Because ofthe diversity, individual materials are treated in
separate chapters by different expert authors, while as editors we
have shouldered the task of providing the unifying initial
chapters. Most main classes of nonlinear optical solids are
treated: semiconductors, glasses, ferroelectrics, molecular
crystals, polymers, and Langmuir-Blodgett films. (However, liquid
crystals are not covered. ) Each class of material is enough for a
monograph in itself, and this book is designed to be an
introduction suitable for graduate students and those in industry
entering the area of nonlinear optics. It is also suitable in parts
for final-year undergraduates on project work. It aims to provide a
bridge between traditional fields of expertise and the broader
field of nonlinear optics."
Organic solids exhibit a wide range of electrical and related
properties. They occur as crystals, glasses, polymers and thin
films; they may be insulators, semiconductors, conductors or
superconductors; and they may show luminescence, nonlinear optical
response, and complex dynamical behaviour. The book provides a
broad survey of this area, written by international experts, one
third being drawn from Eastern Europe. Electrical, optical,
spectroscopic and structural aspects are all treated in a way that
gives an excellent introduction to current themes in this highly
interdisciplinary and practically important area. The coverage is
especially strong in the areas where electrical and optical
properties overlap, such as photoconductivity, electroluminescence,
electroabsorption, electro-optics and photorefraction.
Organic solids exhibit a wide range of electrical and related
properties. They occur as crystals, glasses, polymers and thin
films; they may be insulators, semiconductors, conductors or
superconductors; and they may show luminescence, nonlinear optical
response, and complex dynamical behaviour. The book provides a
broad survey of this area, written by international experts, one
third being drawn from Eastern Europe. Electrical, optical,
spectroscopic and structural aspects are all treated in a way that
gives an excellent introduction to current themes in this highly
interdisciplinary and practically important area. The coverage is
especially strong in the areas where electrical and optical
properties overlap, such as photoconductivity, electroluminescence,
electroabsorption, electro-optics and photorefraction.
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