CONSERVATION OF ANGULAR MOMENTUM FOR OPTICAL PROCESSES IN CRYSTALS.

Abstract

The redistribution of angular momentum over atomic spin and orbitals, crystalline lattice and electromagnetic field is analyzed for a variety of linear and nonlinear optical processes in crystals. Simple classical and quantummechanical models are discussed. Special attention is paid to the magnetization of a body by light in the inverse Faraday effect and the generation of circularly polarized optical harmonics by laser light which is polarized in the opposite sense. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0661204

Entities

People

  • Nicolaas Bloembergen

Organizations

  • Harvard University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Angular Momentum
  • Demographic Cohorts
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Faraday Effect
  • Harmonics
  • Magnetization
  • Momentum
  • Physical Properties

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics
  • Quantum spin resonance or Electron Paramagnetic Resonance spectroscopy.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Space