Table of Contents

Preface. TURBO-RANK package. Introduction to the theory of nonlinear susceptibilities. Properties of the tensors of local and non-local optical response. Principles of calculation of symmetry properties of high-rank material tensors. Implicit constitutive equations. Appendices: Susceptibility tensors for principal nonlinear optical processes. Units for optical susceptibilities. Principle of symmetry of kinetic coefficients and optical susceptibilities. Material tensors for isotropic media. Tables of third-, fourth- and fifth-rank tensors. References.

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"The book and especially the easily usable TURBO RANK are of great value for scientists and students interested in symmetry properties of physical effects in solid state physics and material science."
-Crystal Research and Technology