The Study of the Interaction of Intense Picosecond Light Pulse with Materials: A Theory of Third Harmonic Generation in an Isotropic Nonlinear Medium with Ultrashort Light Pulses

Abstract

The report contains the development of a theory for third harmonic generation (THG) due to a broad band optical pulses such as existing in the picosecond time region. The theory is than applied to several examples. Specifically, Maxwell's equations are used as the starting point and a wave equation for the THG is developed for a uniform plane wave in a dielectric, isotropic medium. The material parameters considered are the nonlinear susceptibility giving rise to the third harmonic, the respective phase and group velocities, and the interaction length. Three examples consisting of a sine wave, a Gaussian pulse and a linearly chirped pulse are evaluated.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 15, 1973
Accession Number
AD0757211

Entities

People

  • Chihhi Lee
  • David W. Coffey

Organizations

  • University of Maryland

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Convolution Integrals
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Domain
  • Group Velocity
  • Integrals
  • Laser Pulses
  • Lasers
  • Light Pulses
  • Materials
  • Optics
  • Phase Velocity
  • Picosecond Time
  • Plane Waves
  • Sine Waves
  • Third Harmonic Generation
  • Wave Equations

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Wave Propagation and Nonlinear Chaotic Dynamics.