Electric Susceptibility, Atomic and Ionic Polarizability,the Kramers- Kronig Relations, Electromagnetic Waves in Anisotropic Crystals, The Index Ellipsoid, Introduction to Nonlinear Optics, Second-order Nonlinearities, Wave Propagation in Nonlinear Media, Second Harmonic Generation, Phase Matching, Parametric Amplification and Oscillation, Frequency Up-conversion, Electro-optic Effect, Third Order Nonlinearities, Optical Kerr Effect, Four Wave Mixing, Stimulated Processes,phase Conjugation, Spatial and Temporal Solitons, Vector And Composite Solitons,photorefractive Nonlinear Optics,holographic Data Storage.

Faculty: Physics
|Graduate Studies

Pre-required courses

44339 - Photonics and Lasers or 114246 - Electromagnetism and Electrodynamics or 116003 - Laser Physics


Course with no extra credit

48905 - Nonlinear Optics and Its Applications


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