Nonlinear Optics of Random Media reviews recent advances in in one of the most prominent fields of physics. It provides an outline of the basic models of irregular structures of random inhomogeneous media and the approaches used to describe their linear electromagnetic properties. Nonlinearities in random media are also discussed. The chapters can be read independently, so scientists and students interested in a specific problem can go directly to the relevant text.

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Electromagnetic properties of random composites. A review of basic approaches.- Surface-enhanced nonlinear optical phenomena.- Small-particle fractal aggregates.- Self-affine thin films.- Random metal-dielectric films.