Laser Beam Propagation in Nonlinear Optical Media

This book provides a collection of expressions, equations, formulas, and derivations used in calculating laser beam propagation through linear and nonlinear media which are useful for predicting experimental results. The authors address light propagation in anisotropic media, oscillation directions of the electric field and displacement vectors, the walk-off angles between the Poynting and propagation vectors, and effective values of the d coefficient for biaxial, uniaxial, and isotropic crystals. The book also includes MATLAB and FORTRAN computer programs for numerical evaluations.

Author: Shekhar Guha
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 03/29/2017
Pages: 342
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.06lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.71d
ISBN: 9781138071988

About the Author

Dr. Shekhar Guha obtained his Ph.D. degree in Physics from University of

Pittsburgh and did post-doctoral work at University of Southern California.

He has been working at the Air Force Research Laboratory since 1995. His

research interests are in the field of nonlinear optical materials, especially in

the infrared.

Dr. Leonel P. Gonzalez

received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electro-

Optics from the University of Dayton. He has worked in the commercial laser

industry as well as in the telecommunications field. In 2002 he returned to the

Air Force Research Laboratory and since then has been investigating nonlinear

optical materials and their applications.