PHYS 631 Nonlinear Optics

Crystal optics (tensors, symmetry, anisotropy, resonance, momentum-space). Optical modulation (electrooptics, acoustoptics, magnetooptics). Second order nonlinearity (frequency doubling, parametric interactions, cascaded nonlinearity), Third order nonlinearity (optical Kerr effect, stimulated Brill scattering, stimulated Raman scat., bistability, phase conjugation, self focusing, solitons). Nonlinearities in semiconductors. Ultrafast nonlinear optics. Nonlinear interaction of radiation with matter.