Laser Stimulated Scattering and Multiphoton Excitation

Guang S. He is a renowned research scientist who has been working in the field of nonlinear optics and nonlinear photonics for over fifty years. He was a research scientist at Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics before moving to work in the Photonics Research Laboratory and then in the Institute for Lasers, Photonics and Biophotonics at the State University of New York at Buffalo, where he has been based since 1987. He played a key role in the discovery and interpretation of stimulated Kerr scattering (1990), stimulated Rayleigh-Bragg scattering (2004), and stimulated Mie scattering (2012). He was instrumental to the development of the theoretical model explaining the phase-conjugation nature of both backward stimulated scattering and stimulated emission, as well as producing the first report on three-photon pumped lasing (Nature, 2002) and four-photon pumped lasing (2005).

Laser Stimulated Scattering and Multiphoton Excitation is the first book to comprehensively cover quantum electrodynamic theory of stimulated scattering and multiphoton excitation processes, as well as various stimulated scattering effects. These include stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) and stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS), as well as more recent advances in the field such as stimulated Kerr scattering (SKS), stimulated Rayleigh-Bragg scattering (SRBS) and stimulated Mie scattering (SMS). The book goes on to discuss multiphoton excitation-based nonlinear optical effects, photoelectric effects, atomic and molecular ionization effects, and molecular dissociation effects.

Each chapter includes a description of the key concepts and mechanisms alongside the necessary theoretical formulations, as well as engaging with the latest experimental research achievements and the scientific and technological applications.

Laser Stimulated Scattering and Multiphoton Excitation is essential reading for academics, research scientists, and students working or interested in the areas of nonlinear optics, nonlinear photonics, laser spectroscopy, physical optics, physical chemistry, and optoelectronic engineering.

The first book to combine discussion of quantum electrodynamic theory of stimulated scattering and multiphoton excitation processes with the most recent discoveries in stimulated scattering effects. An essential resource for academics, research scientists, and students working in optics and other related fields.