Research Catalog

Title

Linear and nonlinear optical properties of molecules / Georges H. Wagnière.

Author

Wagnière, Georges Henry, 1933-

Publication

Basel : Helvetica Chimica Acta ; Weinheim ; New York : VCH, ©1993.

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Description

195 pages : illustrations; 25 cm

Subject

• Molecules > Optical properties
• Elektromagnetische Strahlung
• Elektrooptischer Effekt
• Magnetooptischer Effekt
• Molekül
• Molekülspektroskopie
• Nichtlineare Optik
• Optische Aktivität
• Optische Eigenschaft
• Optoelektronischer Werkstoff
• Quantenoptik
• Optica
• Niet-lineaire optica
• Computacao Aplicada A Quimica

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Introduction -- 2. General Aspects of the Elastic Scattering of Radiation by Matter. 2.1. Multipole Interactions. 2.2. Linear and Nonlinear Scattering. 2.3. On the Use of Graphs -- 3. Linear and Nonlinear Elastic Scattering. 3.1. Rayleigh Scattering and Refraction. 3.2. Natural Optical Activity. 3.3. Sum Frequency Generation. 3.4. Difference Frequency Generation. 3.5. Third Harmonic Generation. 3.6. Degenerate Four-Wave Mixing. 3.7. Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Scattering. 3.8. Optical Activity of Higher Order -- 4. Scattering and Refraction in Static Fields. 4.1. Effects in Electric Fields. 4.2. Effects in Magnetic Fields -- 5. Molecular Orientation in Static Fields. 5.1. Temperature-Dependent Effects in Electric Fields. 5.2. Temperature-Dependent Effects in Magnetic Fields -- 6. Optical Effects Giving Rise to Induced Static Fields. 6.1. Optical Rectification. 6.2. The Inverse Faraday Effect. 6.3. Inverse Magnetochiral Birefringence -- 7. Absorption and Emission. 7.1. One-Photon Electric Dipole Absorption and Emission. 7.2. Circular Dichroism and Optical Activity in Emission. 7.3. Magnetic Dipole and Electric Quadrupole Absorption. 7.4. Magnetic Circular Dichroism. 7.5. Magnetochiral Dichroism. 7.6. Electrochromism. 7.7. Two-Photon Absorption. 7.8. Two-Photon Circular Dichroism. 7.9. Two-Photon Magnetic Circular Dichroism -- 8. Inelastic Scattering and the Raman Effect. 8.1. The Ordinary Raman Effect. 8.2. The Enhanced Raman Effect. 8.3. Natural Raman Optical Activity. 8.4. Magnetic Raman Optical Activity -- 9. Concluding Remarks -- Appendix 1: Elements of Semiclassical Radiation Theory -- Appendix 2: Steady-State Solution -- Appendix 3: The Induced Polarization -- Appendix 4: Anisotropic and Isotropic Molecular Orientation -- Appendix 5: Temperature-Dependent Orientational Effects -- Appendix 6: Transition from an Initial State a to a Final State b -- Appendix 7: Complex Susceptibility and Transition Probability -- Appendix 8: Intermediate Resonances -- Appendix 9: Quantum Mechanical Description of Optical Activity -- Appendix 10: Quantum Mechanical Description of Magnetic Optical Activity -- Appendix 11: Symmetry Properties of Axial Magnetochiral Effects -- Appendix 12: Absorption Followed by Emission -- Appendix 13: Sum and Difference Frequency Generation in Liquids -- Appendix 14: Aspects of Electrochromism -- Appendix 15: Relations between Macroscopic and Microscopic Quantities: The Absorption Coefficient -- Appendix 16: Relations between Macroscopic and Microscopic Quantities: The Index of Refraction -- Appendix 17: Aspects of Phase Conjugation by Degenerate Four Wave Mixing -- Appendix 18: Numerical Calculation of Optical Susceptibilities.

ISBN

• 1560817577
• 9781560817574
• 3527290451
• 9783527290451
• 3906390071
• 9783906390079

LCCN

93037111

OCLC

• ocm28890707
• 28890707
• SCSB-2007314

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library