Nonlinear Optical Technology

From the Beginning
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-119-50835-9
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, 512 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 848 g

NONLINEAR OPTICAL TECHNOLOGY
Comprehensive resources describing today’s Nonlinear Optics (NLO) technology, its applications, and concepts behind the technology
Taking shape at the unique interdisciplinary engineering school at Dartmouth College, Nonlinear Optical Technology explores the importance of NLO in terms of how it permeates a vast number of applications such as fiber optics, biomedicine, sensors (especially Internet of Things), microscopy, spectroscopy, and machining, under the assumption engineers of all stripes may end up working in technical areas impacted by Nonlinear Optics (NLO) and would benefit from learning about the field.
Each section follows a set format, beginning by describing some exciting new technology made possible by NLO. This part is followed by a description of the background information necessary for students to understand the basic NLO concepts for that application. The author occasionally includes personal experiences as a pioneer in this field where it provides additional understanding and motivation. Each section ends with a description of other developments in technology that use the same NLO concept.
Bringing together disparate topics in NLO under a straight-forward rubric based on applications, Nonlinear Optical Technology includes information on: - Extending lasers (with NLO technology), covering new colors (harmonic generation, stimulated raman, and stimulated brillouin) and pulsed lasers (saturable absorption and ultra-high harmonic generation)
- Information technology, covering telecommunications (fiber optics NLO and photonic NLO) and data storage (NLO in nanostructures and photonic crystals)
- Sensors, covering distributed sensing (brillouin scattering in fibers) and localized sensors (NLO in photonics)
- Materials interaction, covering machining (nonlinear absorption), spectroscopy (four-wave mixing), and microscopy (two-photon absorption)

Serving as a comprehensive standalone resource on the subject for engineers and students without requiring pre-knowledge of advanced concepts, Nonlinear Optical Technology is an essential resource for those in fields that intersect with NLO applications and integration, as well as anyone who wishes to self-teach NLO concepts in general.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Garmire, Elsa M

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Technische Optik, Lasertechnologie
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Elektromagnetismus Optik
• Technische Wissenschaften Maschinenbau | Werkstoffkunde Technische Mechanik | Werkstoffkunde Materialwissenschaft: Elektronik, Optik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface xxi

Acronyms xxiii

Introduction: Why Nonlinear Optics? xxvii

Summary 1: What is Nonlinear Optics Technology? S1

Summary 2: Second-Order Nonlinearity S5

Summary 3: Third-Order Nonlinearity S24

Summary 4: Nonlinear Scattering and Loss S47

Part I Technical Chapters on Second-Order Nonlinearity 1

1 Second Harmonic Generation 3

1.1 Introduction 3

1.2 Second Harmonic Generation at the Beginning 3

1.3 How Do We Begin? 5

1.4 Approaches to Second Harmonic Generation 8

1.5 Electromagnetic Response to Dielectric 11

1.6 Nonlinear Static Field 13

1.7 Second Harmonic Has No Inversion Symmetry 14

1.8 Photon Picture of SHG 15

1.9 Nonlinear Optics (a Look Ahead) 16

1.10 Applications: SHG at Interfaces 17

1.11 Discussion 22

2 Generating Second Harmonic Efficiently 23

2.1 Introduction 23

2.2 Traveling Waves for SHG 25

2.3 Phase-Matched Growth of Intensity 28

2.4 SHG from Crystal Under Refractive-Index Mismatch 32

2.5 When SH Power Diminishes Due to Phase Mismatch, Where Does It Go? 36

2.6 Phase-Matched Depleted Pump 37

2.7 SH Intensity with Phase Mismatch and Depleted Pump 39

2.8 Applications of SHG 40

2.9 Sum and Difference Frequency Generation 44

2.10 Optical Field Rectification 45

2.11 Review 47

3 Extending Coherence Lengths 49

3.1 Introduction 49

3.2 How Important Is Matching Phases? 51

3.3 Experimental Demonstration of SHG With/Without PM 53

3.4 Anisotropic Crystals 59

3.5 Anisotropic Crystals for SHG Phase Matching 62

3.6 Quasi-Phase Matching 66

3.7 Challenge of Alternating SHG Domains 71

3.8 Periodically-Poled Lithium Niobate (PPLN) 73

3.9 Gaussian Beam Diffraction 77

3.10 Resonators for Enhanced SHG: Fabry-Perot Interferometer 82

3.11 Cavity Enhancement in Green Laser Pointer 85

Über Autor(innen)

Elsa M. Garmire, PhD, is a Fellow of IEEE, the Optical Society, the American Physical Society, and the Society of Women Engineers. She was elected to the National Academy of Engineering and the National Academy of Inventors. From 1995 to 2016, she taught interdisciplinary engineering courses as Sydney Junkins Professor at the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College. She has served on multiple National Research Council Committees and specialized in Nonlinear Optics (NLO) at MIT.