Physics Bulletin

Progress in Quantum Electronics

Kevin F. Hulme

Published Oct 1, 1970• 69 citations

Abstract

J H Sanders and K W H Stevens (Eds) Vol 1 Pt 1 Parametric Processes A Yariv and J E Pearson Oxford: Pergamon 1969 pp 49 price £1 1s Vol 1 Pt 2 Light Propagation and Light Shifts in Optical Pumping Experiments W Happer Oxford: Pergamon 1970 pp 54 price £1 5s The authors of the 50 page review–tutorial article on parametric processes are from the California Institute of Technology. They are mainly concerned with expounding the theoretical basis of frequency mixing phenomena in lossless nonlinear elements.

DOI: 10.1088/0031-9112/21/10/030

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