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This course will give students a working knowledge of the applications and the
theoretical background of the field of nonlinear optics. The students will have a
grasp of the many potential applications of this technology and a good sense of the currently available materials. The course stresses the engineering applications of nonlinear optics.
Review of the classical description of linear optical properties and the extension to nonlinear optical properties. Nonlinear optical interactions using second order
effects; frequency doubling, phase matching, parametric interactions and
wavelength tuning. Review of inorganic and organic second order nonlinear
materials. Nonlinear optical interactions using third order effects; four wave mixing and phase conjugation. Analysis of charge transport enhanced nonlinearities including photorefraction and its applications. A classical analysis and a review of the applications of stimulated Raman effects, acousto-optic interactions, and stimulated Brillouin effects.
1. Crystal Anisotrophy
2. Physical Origins of Linear and Nonlinear Optical Effects
3. Second Order Effects; Origins and Terminology
4. Second Order Effects; Materials both Organic and Inorganic
5. Electromagnetic Interactions in Second Order Materials; Coupled Wave
Equations
6. Phase Matching; Types of Interactions, Effective NLO Coefficients, Coherence
Length
7. Second Harmonic Generation
8. Parametric Amplifiers and Oscillators, Wavelength Tunable Sources
9. Pump Depletion, Gaussian Modes, Intra-cavity Effects, Waveguides, Picosecond
Pulse Measurements
10. Third Order Effects, Terminology
11. Third Order Effects, Materials
12. Electromagnetic Interactions in Third Order Materials, Four Wave Mixing,
Phase Conjugation
13. NLO Effects Near Resonance; Multiple Quantum Wells,
Kramers-Kronig Relationship
14. Charge Transfer NLO Effects
15. Photorefraction
16. Applications of Photorefraction; Optical Image Processing, Self Pumped Phase
Conjugators, Image Transmission on Fibers
17. Stimulated Raman Effects; Efficient Wavelength Conversion
18. Acousto-optic Effects; Phenomena and Devices
18. Stimulated Brillouin Effects; High Power Phase Conjugation
Optical Waves in Crystals, Yariv and Yeh, Wiley.
Supplemental Notes.
W. H. Steier - steier@usc.edu
