This book can be considered as a standard textbook for anyone interested in dispersion theory and practical data analysis in optics and related fields. It is devoted to dispersion theory in linear and nonlinear optics.

Presents detailed mathematical models, - Many illustrations of experimental optical spectra, - Details of measurement techniques and practical data analysis, - Authors have made pioneering contributions to dispersion theory in nonlinear optics.

Inhalt
Classical dispersion theory.- Dispersion relations in linear optics.- Dispersion relations in nonlinear optics.- Conformal mappings in analysis of optical spectra.- Maximum entropy method.- Sum rules.