Includes bibliographical references (p. [619]-622) and index.

Preface. 1. Electromagnetic radiation. 1.1 Brief history of the interaction of light and matter. 1.2 Light in vacuum. 1.3 Matter-source of light. 2. Phenomenology of light propagation in matter. 2.1 Absorption of light. 2.2 Nonlinear absorption. 2.3 Index of refraction. 2.4 Optical phenomena in nonisotropic media. 2.5 Electric field effects. 2.6 Acousto-optic effects. 2.7 Magnetic field effects. 3. The interaction of light and matter. 3.1 Lorentz force law. 3.2 Motion of a charged particle in static electric and magnetic fields. 3.3 Motion of a bound electron in an electromagnetic field. 3.4 Radiation due to acceleration of charges. 3.5 Multipole radiation. 3.6 Scattering of a light wavepacket. 3.7 Cooling and trapping of atoms. 4. Magnetic phenomena, constitutive relations and plasmas. 4.1 Magnetic moments. 4.2 Magnetization. 4.3 Magnetic resonance. 4.4 Polarization and magnetization as source terms. 4.5 Atomistic derivation of macroscopic electromagnetism and the constitutive relations. 4.6 Microscopic polarizability and macroscopic polarization. 4.7 Dielectric relaxation. 4.8 Plasmas 275 5. Quantum description of absorption, emission and light scattering. 5.1 Charged particle in an electromagnetic field. 5.2 Absorption and emission. 5.3 Rayleigh and Raman scattering. 5.4 Thomson scattering. 6. Spectroscopy. 6.1 Atoms. 6.2 Molecules. 6.3 Diatomic molecules. 6.4 Polyatomic molecules. 6.5 Condensed-phase materials. 7. Lasers. 7.1 Laser dynamics. 7.2 Threshold. 7.3 Steady state. 7.4 Pulsed laser operation. 7.5 Cavity modes. 7.6 Amplified spontaneous emission. 7.7 Laser linewidth. 7.8 Laser coherence. 7.9 Specific laser systems. 8. Nonlinear optics. 8.1 Expansion of the polarization in the electric field. 8.2 Phase-matching. 8.3 Second harmonic generation. 8.4 Three-wave mixing. 8.5 Third harmonic generation.

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