ELEMENTS OF THE THEORY OF NONLINEAR OPTICAL PHENOMENA,
Abstract
A brief outline of the theory of nonlinear optical phenomena was presented, together with some relevant experimental results which support the theory. After an elementary treatment of optical second harmonic generation and a discussion of the properties of the macroscopic nonlinear susceptiblity tensor, the basic equations which govern second harmonic generation were obtained. The solutions of these equations in both the phase matched and phase mismatched cases were discussed. Finally, the process of phase velocity matching in negative uniaxial crystals was discussed in detail both for second harmonic generation and sum frequency generation. The report concludes with a brief mention of some higher order nonlinear optical effects. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 1964
- Accession Number
- AD0608346
Entities
People
- J. William Foreman Jr.