EECS 634 (PHYS 611) (APP PHYS 611): Nonlinear Optics

Course Content

The variety of nonlinear optical phenomena
The time-domain nonlinear response function; anharmonic oscillator model
Volterra series expansion for the nonlinear polarization
The nonlinear susceptibility; frequency-domain nonlinear polarization
Second-order nonlinear effects: second harmonic generation, sum frequency generation, difference frequency generation, optical rectification
Phase matching, quasi-phase matching, periodically poled nonlinear materials
Parametric amplification and oscillation
Cascaded second-order nonlinearitie
Third order nonlinear effects: third harmonic generation, four-wave mixing, intensity-dependent refractive index, self-phase modulation, self-focusing, optical bistability, optical phase conjugation, pulse compression, polarization instabilities
Temporal solitons, spatial solitons
Nonlinear periodic structures, gap solitons
Stimulated Raman scattering, stimulated Brillouin scattering
Nonlinearities in fiber-optic communications
Photorefractive nonlinear optics

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