Nonlinear Optical Materials: Principles and Applications, Vol. 126 Book

	Introduction
	Nonlinear polarization
	Nonlinear propagation in homogeneous media
	Optical parametric processes and inorganic nonlinear optical crystals
	The growth and perfection of crystals of nonlinear optical materials
	Nonlinear optical side-chain polymers for electro-optic switching: materials, poling, test devices
	Molecular design of nonlinear optical molecules and polymers by lambda [lambda]-type conformation
	Photorefractive effects and materials
	Fabrication, characterization and below-band-gap optical nonlinearities of semiconductor-doped glasses
	Optical nonlinearities of composite materials: metal and semiconductor crystallites
	Heterostructure engineering of nonlinear optical properties and continuum states
	Nonlinearities of conjugated polymers and dye systems
	Molecular design of third-order nonlinear optically active [pi]-conjugated compounds and preparation of thin films
	Instantaneous amplitude and frequency dynamics of coherent wave mixing in semiconductor quantum wells
	Nonlinear optical response of semiconductor quantum wells under high magnetic fields
	Nonlinear magneto-optical materials: photo-induced gyrotropy
	All-optical switching in integrated structures