Nonlinear Optics

John Buck

Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Van Leer Electrical Engineering, Building, 777 Atlantic Drive NW, Atlanta, GA 30332-0250, USA

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Rick Trebino,

Rick Trebino

Georgia Institute of Technology, Georgia Center for Ultrafast Optics, School of Physics, 837 State St., Atlanta, GA 30332, USA

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John Buck,

John Buck

Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Van Leer Electrical Engineering, Building, 777 Atlantic Drive NW, Atlanta, GA 30332-0250, USA

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Rick Trebino,

Rick Trebino

Georgia Institute of Technology, Georgia Center for Ultrafast Optics, School of Physics, 837 State St., Atlanta, GA 30332, USA

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Book Editor(s):Hiroaki Misawa,

Hiroaki Misawa

Research Institute for Electronic Science, Hokkaido University, North 21 – West 10, CRIS Bldg., Sapporo 001-0021, Japan

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Saulius Juodkazis,

Saulius Juodkazis

Research Institute for Electronic Science, Hokkaido University, North 21 – West 10, CRIS Bldg., Sapporo 001-0021, Japan

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First published: 06 June 2006

https://doi.org/10.1002/352760846X.ch5

Citations: 2

Summary

This chapter contains sections titled:

Linear versus Nonlinear Optics
Nonlinear-optical Effects
Some General Observations about Nonlinear Optics
The Mathematics of Nonlinear Optics
- The Slowly Varying Envelope Approximation
- Solving the Wave Equation in the Slowly Varying Envelope Approximation
Phase-matching
Phase-matching Bandwidth
- Direct Calculation
- Group-velocity Mismatch
- Phase-matching Bandwidth Conclusions
Nonlinear-optical Strengths

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