Nonlinear optical polarization analysis in chemistry and biology / Garth J. Simpson.

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 12 May 2017).

The molecular nonlinear polarizability / Levi M. Haupert, Azhad U. Chowdhury, Janny Dinh, Garth J. Simpson -- Visualization of the molecular tensor / Levi Haupert, Ximeng You, and Garth Simpson -- NLO properties of coupled oscillators and crystals / Levi M. Haupert, Justin A. Newman, Janny Dinh, Garth J. Simpson -- Second order nonlinear optical properties of proteins / Levi M. Haupert, Emma L. DeWalt and Garth J. Simpson -- Surface SHG and SFG / Justin A. Newman, Ryan D. Muir, and Garth J. Simpson -- Chirality in nonlinear optics / Levi M. Haupert, Nicole M. Scarborough and Garth J. Simpson -- Nonlinear optical ellipsometry / Nathan J. Begue, Jeremy T. Madden, Paul D. Schmitt, and Garth J. Simpson -- Bridging the local to laboratory frames in SHG and SFG microscopy / Christopher M. Dettmar, Emma L. DeWalt, and Garth J. Simpson -- Polarization-dependent CARS/SRS microscopy / Garth J. Simpson -- Hyper-rayleigh scattering / Azhad U. Chowdhury, Sreya Sarkar, and Garth J. Simpson -- Polarization-dependent single and multi-photon excited fluorescence of isotropic assemblies / Paul D. Schmitt and Garth J. Simpson -- 1PEF and 2PEF from uniaxial interfaces -- 1PEF and 2PEF microscopy / Ximeng Y. Dow and Garth J. Simpson -- Mueller tensors / Garth J. Simpson.

This rigorous yet accessible guide presents a molecular-based description of nonlinear optical polarization analysis of chemical and biological assemblies. It includes discussion of the most common nonlinear optical microscopy and interfacial measurements used for quantitative analysis, specifically second harmonic generation (SHG), two-photon excited fluorescence (2PEF), vibrational sum frequency generation (SFG), and coherent anti-Stokes Raman spectroscopy/stimulated Raman spectroscopy (CARS/SRS). A linear algebra mathematical framework is developed, allowing step-wise systematic connections to be made between the observable measurements and the molecular response. Effects considered include local field corrections, the molecular orientation distribution, rotations between the molecular frame, the local frame and the laboratory frame, and simplifications from molecular and macromolecular symmetry. Specific examples are provided throughout the book, working from the common and relatively simple case studies through to the most general scenarios.