The aim of this book is to present the theoretical background for surface second harmonic generation. The technique has gained a wide interest in surface science as a probe for surface structure and dynamics. Therefore, the main equations are given along with extensive derivations in order to provide to the student and the researcher the necessary tools to enter the field. A first part is devoted to the basic concepts, including multipole expansion, linear optics and susceptibilities, and introduces to the second part where the macroscopic nonlinear Maxwell equations are solved. In the last part of the book, a microscopic description of molecular and metal/electrolyte interfaces is given.

This book gives to the students and the researchers the complete set of equations with detailed derivations and should cover the gap between research articles and undergraduate textbooks.

Aimed at postgraduate students as well as teachers and researchers, this book will be used as lecture notes in a course of advanced electrochemistry.

Foreword - Introduction - Optical nonlinearity in media - Time domain and Frequency domain - Multipole expansion - Linear optics - Susceptibilities - Nonlinear Maxwell equations - Rotation anisotropy - Surface SHG at metal/Solution interfaces - SSHG from adsorbed molecular layers - Surface sum frequency generation.

The book is devoted to the stochastic approach to the theoretical description of chemical reaction kinetics in condensed phase, based on Langevin or Fokker-Planck equations for the...

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