Nonlinear Optics

4.0 credits

Fundamentals and applications of optical systems based on the nonlinear interaction of light with matter. Topics to be treated include mechanisms of optical nonlinearity, second-harmonic and sum and difference-frequency generation, photonics and optical logic, optical self-action effects including self-focusing and optical soliton formatin, optical phase conjugation, stimulated Brillouin and stimulated Raman scattering, and selection criteria of nonlinear optical materials., (Cross-listed OPT 467).