1. Introduction. - 1. 1. The Scope of Optics. - 1. 2. Historical Background. - 1. 3. Linearity in Optics. - 1. 4. Nonlinearity in Other Fields. - 1. 5. Nonlinearity in Optics. - 1. 6. Scope of this Book. - 2. Background of Nonlinear Optics. - 2. 1. Electromagnetic Theory of Light. - 2. 2. Electromagnetic Theory of Linear Isotropic Media. - 2. 3. Modes. - 2. 4. Geometrical Optics. - 2. 5. Quantum Theory of Radiation Process. - 3. Properties of Optical Media. - 3. 1. Introduction. - 3. 2. Dispersion. - 3. 3. Rayleigh Scattering. - 3. 4. The Debye-Sears Effect. - 3. 5. Birefringence. - 3. 6. Zeeman and Stark Effects. - 3. 7. Electrostriction and Piezoelectricity. - 3. 8. Electrically Induced Birefringence. - 3. 9. Optical Activity. - 3. 10. Magnetooptical Effects. - 3. 11. Fluorescence and the Raman Effect. - 3. 12. Intensity-Dependent Optical Phenomena. - 4. Nonlinear Phenomena in Passive Media. - 4. 1. Introduction. - 4. 2. Electromagnetic Waves in a Nonlinear Dielectric: Method of Solution. - 4. 3. The Role of Coherence in Harmonic Generation. - 4. 4. The Nonlinear Susceptibility Tensor. - 4. 5. Traveling-Wave Second-Harmonic Generation. - 4. 6. Index Matching in Birefringent Materials. - 4. 7. Boundary Conditions. - 4. 8. A Numerical Example. - 4. 9. Index Matching as Momentum Conservation. - 4. 10. Harmonics Higher than the Second. - 4. 11. Optical Rectification. - 4. 12. Optical Mixing and Parametric Amplification. - 4. 13. Self-Focusing of Optical Beams. - 5. Nonlinear Optical Phenomena in Active Media. - 5. 1. Similarities and Contrasts. - 5. 2. Raman Processes. - 5. 3. Brillouin Scattering. - 5. 4. Interactions of Light with Free Electrons. - 5. 5. Optical Nonlinearity in Gases. - Appendix. Free and Forced Oscillations in Slightly Nonlinear Systems. Language: English