Praise for the 1st Edition:

"well written and up to date . The problem sets at the end of each chapter reinforce and enhance the material presented, and may give students confidence in handling real-world problems." Optics & Photonics News

"rigorous but simple description of a difficult field keeps the reader s attention throughout . serves perfectly for an introductory-level course." Physics Today

This fully revised introduction enables the reader to understand and use the basic principles related to many phenomena in nonlinear optics and provides the...