Nonlinear Optics and Organic Materials
Abstract
The origin and nature of nonlinear optical effects in organic and polymeric materials is discussed. Approaches to the applications of these nonlinear optical effects in prototypical devices is explored. In glancing through a flat windowpane we immediately confront light's interaction with glass, but ignore it. We assume that the world's image is not perceptibly altered when light passes through the glass. Yet glass does play tricks with light: a penny viewed through a variety of lenses may appear the same size, magnified, reduced, or blurred. Contemporary optics research is distant from common experience, seeking clues far more subtle than the shape of a piece of glass, with techniques more esoteric than abrasive polishing of a glass lens. The traditional dominance of glass in optics is now challenged by a host of synthetic materials exhibiting unusual optical behavior.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 31, 1989
- Accession Number
- ADA210570
Entities
People
- Elizabeth Cavicchi
- Jayant Kumar
- Sai Kumar
- Sukant K. Tripathy