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    Nonlinear optics (NLO) is the branch of optics that describes the behaviour of light in nonlinear media, that is, media in which the polarization density...
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    physics and especially in nonlinear optics. He is currently the Canada Excellence Research Chair Laureate in Quantum Nonlinear Optics based at the University...
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  • Processes". Nonlinear Optics (3rd ed.). Academic Press. pp. 13–15. ISBN 978-0-12-369470-6. Paschotta, Rüdiger, "Parametric Nonlinearities", Encyclopedia...
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    P.; Wallden, P. (2020). "Advances in quantum cryptography". Advances in Optics and Photonics. 12 (4): 1012–1236. arXiv:1906.01645. Bibcode:2020AdOP...12...
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    give high resolution. Acousto-optic modulator Acousto-optic deflector Nonlinear optics Sonoluminescence Schaefer–Bergmann diffraction Gal, M. (2005). "Modulation...
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  • a nonlinear system (or a non-linear system) is a system in which the change of the output is not proportional to the change of the input. Nonlinear problems...
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  • Electro–optics is a branch of electrical engineering, electronic engineering, materials science, and material physics involving components, electronic...
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  • (economics) Accordion effect (physics) (waves) Acousto-optic effect (nonlinear optics) (waves) Additive genetic effects (genetics) Aharonov–Bohm effect (quantum...
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  • Crystal optics is the branch of optics that describes the behaviour of light in anisotropic media, that is, media (such as crystals) in which light behaves...
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  • Organic materials are expected to have relatively strong nonlinear optical properties due to delocalized electrons at π − π {\displaystyle \pi -\pi }...
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    Z-scan technique (category Nonlinear optics)
    In nonlinear optics z-scan technique is used to measure the non-linear index n2 (Kerr nonlinearity) and the non-linear absorption coefficient Δα via the...
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    phenomena are not limited to water and are also studied in liquid helium, nonlinear optics, and microwave cavities. A 2012 study reported that in addition to...
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  • Four-wave mixing (category Nonlinear optics)
    Four-wave mixing (FWM) is an intermodulation phenomenon in nonlinear optics, whereby interactions between two or three wavelengths produce two or one new...
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    Laser science (redirect from Laser optics)
    with laser applications, and with associated fields such as nonlinear optics and quantum optics. Laser science predates the invention of the laser itself...
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  • Linear optics is a sub-field of optics, consisting of linear systems, and is the opposite of nonlinear optics. Linear optics includes most applications...
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  • Thumbnail for Sally Ride
    at the University of California, San Diego, primarily researching nonlinear optics and Thomson scattering. She served on the committees that investigated...
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  • the nonlinear effects will balance the dispersion. Those solitons were discovered first and they are often simply referred as "solitons" in optics. In...
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    Peregrine soliton (category Nonlinear optics)
    Peregrine soliton (or Peregrine breather) is an analytic solution of the nonlinear Schrödinger equation. This soliton or breather solution was proposed in...
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  • Carrier-envelope phase (category Nonlinear optics)
    depending on the carrier-envelope phase fall into the category of highly nonlinear optics. The CEP ϕ 0 {\displaystyle \phi _{0}} is the phase between the carrier...
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    RW, Nonlinear Optics, 4th ed, Elsevier, 2020. Goodman JW, Introduction to Fourier Optics, 4th ed, WH Freeman, 2017. Goodman JW, Statistical Optics, 2nd...
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    Vaziri, M.R. (2015). "Comment on 'Nonlinear refraction measurements of materials using the moiré deflectometry'". Optics Communications. 357: 200–1. Bibcode:2015OptCo...
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    construction Nonlinear optics: optical phase conjugation Van Cittert–Zernike theorem#Adaptive optics Wavefront Wavefront sensor William Happer, adaptive optics pioneer...
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    Two-photon absorption (category Nonlinear optics)
    there is some confusion over the term β {\displaystyle \beta } in nonlinear optics, since it is sometimes used to describe the second-order polarizability...
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  • System Newton's rings Nicol prism Nomarski prism Nonimaging optics nonlinear optics normal lens numerical aperture off-axis optical system optical aberration...
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  • This saturation can be modelled by a nonlinear susceptibility. These susceptibilities are important in nonlinear optics and lead to effects such as second-harmonic...
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    Harmonic generation (category Nonlinear optics)
    R.W. (2007). Nonlinear optics (third ed.). Elsevier. ISBN 9780123694706. Sutherland, Richard L. (2003). Handbook of Nonlinear Optics (2nd ed.). CRC...
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    leadership. In the 1960s, new areas such quantum electronics, holography, nonlinear optics, pyroelectronics were developed. The Institute made significant contribution...
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  • Sum-frequency generation (category Nonlinear optics)
    with any χ ( 2 ) {\displaystyle \chi ^{(2)}} optical phenomenon in nonlinear optics, this can only occur under conditions where: the light is interacting...
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  • usually leads to nonlinear interactions in various materials, including air. These processes are studied in the field of nonlinear optics. In the specialized...
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  • B Integral (category Nonlinear optics)
    In nonlinear optics, B-Integral is a measure of the nonlinear optics phase shift of light. It calculates the exponential growth of the least stable spatial...
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