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Nonlinear optics
Nonlinear optics
There are two reasons for being interested in nonlinear optics. Does it tell us anything about the structure of materials? And secondly, can it be used in the production and handling of optical radiation? As an applied physicist it is the latter which principally interests me and in this article I will describe nonlinear devices which use the square law nonlinearity. These include harmonic generators, up-converters and down-converters, and parametric amplifiers and oscillators. First however, we must learn a little basic nonlinear optics.
0031-9112
341-344
Smith, R.C.
2890e5a7-d3ae-4850-924a-be58b7a15a73
Smith, R.C.
2890e5a7-d3ae-4850-924a-be58b7a15a73

Smith, R.C. (1970) Nonlinear optics. Physics Bulletin, 21, 341-344. (doi:10.1088/0031-9112/21/8/014).

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There are two reasons for being interested in nonlinear optics. Does it tell us anything about the structure of materials? And secondly, can it be used in the production and handling of optical radiation? As an applied physicist it is the latter which principally interests me and in this article I will describe nonlinear devices which use the square law nonlinearity. These include harmonic generators, up-converters and down-converters, and parametric amplifiers and oscillators. First however, we must learn a little basic nonlinear optics.

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Published date: August 1970

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Local EPrints ID: 399454
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/399454
ISSN: 0031-9112
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Author: R.C. Smith

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