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How does optical phase modulation produce photons with different frequencies?
The classical description of electro-optic modulators is an index of refraction that depends on the applied voltage. For example, for a sine modulation $\sin(\Omega t)$, a monochromatic laser of ...
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Is momentum still conserved in non-phase-matched nonlinear optical processes?
To be efficient, a phase-matching condition has to be fulfilled in many nonlinear optical processes. For instance, the phase-matching requirement for second-harmonic generation is
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Dichroism in uniaxial crystals
I need a same help with it. Some books where i can find a real math explanation of this effect will be good help!!
simple exp of this effect will be good too)
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Toolbox for Complex Networks and Graphs
Is there a toolbox which helps in visual simulation and modeling of a network (say a mesh or ring) consisting of coupled synchronized system of nonlinear equations(ODE) which represent a system of ...
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What is the optical power level of common fiber optics lasers?
In the book Nonlinear Optics, it is stated that the nonlinear effects start to become a problem in WDM systems (around 1550 nm) after about 1 mW of optical power. However, I measured the optical power ...
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Third-order susceptibilities of metals?
Can anyone point me to a source for measurements of the third-order nonlinear electric susceptibilities $\chi^{(3)}$ of various metals? Specifically in relation to the AC Kerr effect, so measurements ...
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How to derive the Manley-Rowe relation for the process of the second harmonics generation?
Derive the Manley-Rowe relation for the process of the second harmonics generation.
Manley-Rowe relation: ~ The Manley-Rowe relations are mathematical expressions developed originally for electrical ...
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Nonlinear absorption coefficient and the band gap
How does the nonlinear absorption coefficient depend on the band gap?
How can that coefficient be calculated theoretically? (Preferably with an example)
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Nonlinear polarization (second and third order)
Why does second order nonlinear polarization occur only in crystal materials with a non-centrosymmetric crystal structure? (Nonlinear effects at crystal surfaces are an exception). Why does third ...
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Linearizing Quantum Operators
I was reading an article on harmonic generation and came across the following way of decomposing the photon field operator.
$$ \hat{A}={\langle}\hat{A}{\rangle}I+ \Delta\hat{a}$$
The right hand side ...
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Laser frequency tripling
I've heard that common way to get 354nm laser is to triple 1064nm Nd:YAG one.
But how to make non-linear crystal to do tripling instead of doubling?
What are the best crystals for tripling and what's ...
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how does dynamic casimir effect generate correlated photons
There is a recent paper on arxiv receiving lot of acclaim http://arxiv.org/abs/1105.4714
The authors experimentally show that moving a mirror of a cavity at high speeds produces light from high ...
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direction of Pockels Effect. Refractive index eigendirections
There is a linear electro-optic effect called Pockels Effect
The brief is that refractive index changes due to electric field.
If there is an anisotropy (like birefringence) and electric field is in ...
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Effect of a external EM field on a dielectric
If an external EM field (a laser, for example) act on a dielectric (a glass, for example) what will be the effect of this field on the dielectric constant and on the refractive index of the material? ...
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Nonlinear optics as gauge theory
the widely used approach to nonlinear optics is a Taylor expansion of the dielectric displacement field $\mathbf{D} = \epsilon_0\cdot\mathbf{E} + \mathbf{P}$ in a Fourier representation of the ...
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PSF Measurements In Fluorescence Imaging
Quite a technical question!
I have measured the Point Spread Function of 100nm fluorescent breads with my Olympus scanning head. I'm two-photon exciting the beads with a wavelength of 800nm and ...
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Material resistency to lasers beam
Keeping the average power constant, why some materials are more eager to be damaged by pulsed laser with respect of C.W. lasers, or viceversa?
When i talk about pulsed lasers i think for examples of ...
