Nonlinear Optics on Ferroic Materials (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9783527346325)

Covering the fruitful combination of nonlinear optics and ferroic materials!

The use of nonlinear optics for the study of ferroics, that is, magnetically, electrically or otherwise spontaneously ordered and switchable materials has witnessed a remarkable development since its inception with the invention of the laser in the 1960s.

This book on Nonlinear Optics on Ferroic Materials reviews and advances an overarching concept of ferroic order and its exploration by nonlinear-optical methods. In doing so, it brings together three fields of physics: symmetry, ferroic order, and nonlinear laser spectroscopy. It begins by introducing the fundamentals for each of these fields. The book then discusses how nonlinear optical studies help to reveal properties of ferroic materials that are often inaccessible with other methods. In this, consequent use is made of the unique degrees of freedom inherent to optical experiments. An excursion into the theoretical foundations of nonlinear optical processes in ferroics rounds off the discussion.

The final part of the book explores classes of ferroic materials of primary interest. In particular, this covers multiferroics with magnetoelectric correlations and oxide-electronic heterostructures. An outlook towards materials exhibiting novel forms of ferroic states or correlated arrangements beyond ferroic order and the study these systems by nonlinear optics concludes the work.

The book is aimed equally at experienced scientists and young researchers at the interface between condensed-matter physics and optics and with a taste for bold, innovative ideas.

Author: Manfred Fiebig
ISBN-10: 3527346325
ISBN-13: 9783527346325
Publisher: Wiley-Vch
Language: English
Published: 10/09/2023
Pages: 480
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.02lbs
Size: 9.70h x 6.80w x 1.20d

About the Author
Manfred Fiebig completed a degree (Diploma) in physics at the University of Dortmund, Germany, in 1992, obtaining a PhD from the same university in 1996. From 1997 to 1999, he was a JST Research Fellow (Japan Science and Technology) at the University of Tokyo, Dept. of Applied Physics, Japan. In 1999, he returned to the University of Dortmund, where he headed a Junior Research Group until 2001. He was also habilitated at this university in 2001. From 2002 to 2006, Professor Fiebig worked as a DFG (German Research Foundation) Heisenberg Fellow at the Max Born Institute for Non-Linear Optics and Short-Pulse Spectroscopy in Berlin. In 2006, he was appointed Professor of Experimental Solid-State Physics at the University of Bonn, Germany; a position he held until 2011. Since 2011, Manfred Fiebig has been a Professor of Multifunctional Ferroic Materials in the Department of Materials at ETH Zurich where he now heads a group of about 20 people from, presently, 12 different countries. He served as head, resp. deputy head of the Department from 2014-2018. His recent honors include election as APS Fellow, an ERC Advanced Investigator Grant and a three-year appointment as Guest Professor at the Japanese research institute RIKEN.