Second Harmonic And Sum-frequency Spectroscopy: Basics And Applications - Hardcover

Shen, Yuen Ron

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9811262276 ISBN 13: 9789811262272

Publisher: WSPC, 2023

Synopsis

Optical second harmonic and sum-frequency generation has evolved into a useful spectroscopic tool for material characterization, especially as a viable and powerful technique for probing surfaces and interfaces. This book serves as an introduction on the technique. It provides a comprehensible description on the basics of the technique and gives detailed accounts with illustrating examples on the wide range of applications of the technique. It clearly points out the unique capabilities of the technique as a spectroscopic tool for studies of bulk and interface structures in different disciplines. This book is an updated version of an earlier book on the same subject, but it puts more emphasis on physical concepts and description. It underscores recent advances of sum-frequency spectroscopy at the technical front as well as over its wide range of applications, with the author's perspective in each area. Most chapters end with a section of summary and prospects that hopefully can help stimulate interest to further develop the technique and explore possibilities of applying the technique.

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About the Author

Y R Shen has been on the faculty of the physics department of the University of California at Berkeley since 1964, and currently holds the position of Professor of the Graduate School. Among his many awards are the Charles Hard Townes Award from the OSA, the Arthur L Schawlow Prize and the Frank Isakson Prize from APS, the Max Planck Research Award, and the International Cooperation Award from the PRC. He is a distinguished professor at Fudan University in Shanghai and an elected member of the US National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Academia Sinica. He is also the author of two previous books: The Principles of Nonlinear Optics and Fundamentals of Sum-Frequency Spectroscopy.

Edition details

• Publisher: WSPC
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9811262276
• ISBN 13: 9789811262272
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 400