Optical Properties of Nanostructured Random Media [Hardcover]

The contributors to the book are world best experts in the optics of random media; they provide a state-of-the-art review of recent developments in the field including nonlinear optical and magneto-optical properties, Raman and hyper-Raman scattering, laser action, plasmon excitation and localized giant fields, imaging and spectroscopy of random media

Random inhomogeneous media may possess unique physical properties that are significantly enhanced and may attain a level of practical importance and versatility that rivals or surpasses their geometrically ordered counterparts. Making judicious use of these enhancement effects, as well as of other aspects of the many complex resonances that distinguish these systems, can lead to new and unexpected physics and many applications. Localization of various sorts of optical excitations occur and recur in a wide gamut of disordered systems, leading to the enhancement of many optical phenomena, especially nonlinear processes. The book reviews recent advances in the nonlinear optics of random media and discusses numerous applications based on the unique properties of nanostructured composite materials. The contributing authors are world best experts in the field and provide a state-of-the-art description of the world of the optics of random media.Nanocomposite Materials for Nonlinear Optics Based on Local Field Effects.- Response of Composite Media Made of Weakly Nonlinear Constituents.- Third-Order Nonlinear Properties of Au Clusters Containing Dielectric Thin Films.- Linear and Nonlinear Optical Properties of Quasi-Periodic One-Dimensional Structures.- Optical Nonlinearities of Fractal Composites.- Nonlinear Optical Effects and Selective Photomodification of Colloidal Silver Aggregates.- Fractal-Microcavity Composites: Giant Optical Responses.- Theory of Nonlinear Optical Responses in MetalDielectric Composites.- Surface-Plasmon-Enhanced Nonlinearities in Percolating 2-D MetalDielectric Films: Calculation l“#