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This document provides an overview of non-linear optics, beginning with a comparison to linear optics. It discusses key phenomena in non-linear optics like second harmonic generation. Materials used for non-linear optics like LBO and BBO are presented. Applications such as optical parametric oscillators, optical computing, and optical switching are covered. Finally, future directions for non-linear optics including new materials and purely optical information processing are mentioned.

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Chetna

This document provides an overview of non-linear optics, beginning with a comparison to linear optics. It discusses key phenomena in non-linear optics like second harmonic generation. Materials used for non-linear optics like LBO and BBO are presented. Applications such as optical parametric oscillators, optical computing, and optical switching are covered. Finally, future directions for non-linear optics including new materials and purely optical information processing are mentioned.

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NON LINEAR

NON-LINEAR OPTICS
OPTICS

Presented By:
Presented By:
Gaurav C Josan
Gaurav C Josan
Department - EE
Department-EE
TOPICS
 Linear optics vs. Non-linear optics
 Importance of Non-linear optics
 Linear & Non-linear polarization.
 Phenomenon associated with NLO
 Materials applied in NLO
 Applications
 Future
MILESTONES

 1961 – Discovery of Optical second


harmonic generation.
 1962 – Discovery of Stimulated Raman
scattering.
 1964 – Stimulated Brilloium scattering. It
is now an efficient technique to generate
or amplify coherent optical radiation with
small frequency shift.
Linear Optics vs Non Linear Optics
 Linear optics- ‘Optics of weak light’:
Light is deflected or delayed but its frequency is
unchanged.

 Non-Linear optics-‘Optics of intense light’:


We are concerned with the effects that light itself
induces as it propagates through the medium.
Non-Linear optics produces many
exotic events
•Nonlinear optics allows us to
change the color of a light beam,
to change its shape in space and
time, to switch telecommunica-
tions systems, and to create the
shortest events ever made by
Man

Ex: Sending infrared light into a


crystal yielded this display of
green light
In Linear optics

A light wave acts on a


molecule, which vibrates
and then emits its own
light wave that interferes
with the original light
wave.
In Non-Linear Optics

If irradiance is high
enough vibrations at all
frequencies corresponding to
all energy differences between
populated states are
produced.
Importance of ‘NLO’
 Optical wave manipulation is one of the future
technologies for optical processing.
 It has various applications in fiber-optic
communications and optoelectronics which
makes it an increasingly important topic among
electrical engineers.
Polarization
 Linear  Non-linear

P  e0c E P  e 0  c (1) E  c (2) E 2  c (3) E 3  ...

 P: induced polarization of
medium
e0: dielectric constant of
vacuum
E: electric field
c(i): succeptibilities of ‘i’
order.
Phenomenon Associated With
Non-linear Optics

 Second harmonic generation.


 Sum frequency generation.
 Difference frequency generation.
 Optical parameter amplification.
 ‘N’ wave mixing.
Second Harmonic Generation
P  e 0  c (1) E  c (2) E 2  c (3) E 3  ...

What are the effects of such nonlinear terms?


Since E (t )  E0 exp(it )  E0* exp(it ),
E (t )  E exp(2it )  2 E0  E0*2 exp(2it )
2 2 2
0


2 = 2nd harmonic!
Second-order
non-linear crystal 532 nm
1064 nm 1064 nm
Sum and Difference Frequency
Generation
Suppose there are two different-color beams present:

E (t )  E1 exp(i1t )  E1* exp(i1t )  E2 exp(i2t )  E2* exp(i2t )


So:

E (t )2  E12 exp(2i1t )  E1*2 exp(2i1t ) 2nd-harmonic gen

 E22 exp(2i 2t )  E2*2 exp(2i 2t ) 2nd-harmonic gen

 2E1E2 exp(i 1   2  t )  2E1* E2* exp(i 1   2  t ) Sum-freq gen

 2E1E2 exp(i 1   2  t )  2E1* E2* exp(i 1   2  t ) Diff-freq gen

dc rectification
 2 E1  2 E2
2 2
Four Wave mixing
(FWM)
In this three optical
fields mix in a
non-linear medium
and create a four
wave.
Materials applied in Non-Linear
optics
Title Transmission Range, mm Typical Applications

LBO 0.16 - 3.3 High power lasers harmonics generation and OPO pumped by
Nd:YAG harmonics
BBO 0.19 - 3.3 - Solid State and Dye laser harmonics generation with output in
the range 200-532 nm;
- OPO/OPA pumped by Nd:YAG harmonics with 295 - 3000
nm output
KTP 0.38 - 4.4 Harmonics generation in UV and VIS
KD*P 0.26 - 1.6 Harmonics generation in VIS
LiNbO3 0.4 - 4.5 SHG and OPO pumped by Nd:YAG laser
LiIO3 0.3 - 6.0 SHG and THG of Nd:YAG, DFM with output in 3 - 5 mm range
AgGaS2 0.53 – 12 Harmonics generation and DFM with wide tunable output in 3 -
9 mm, IR visualization
AgGaSe2 0.73 – 18 SHG of CO2 lasers, OPO with 3 - 12 mm output
GaSe 0.65 – 18 SHG of CO and CO2 lasers, DFM with output in 7 - 16 mm
CdSe 0.75 – 25 DFM with tunable output up to 25 mm
AgAsS3 0.6 – 13 IR visualization, DFM, OPO
Te 3.8 – 32 DFM with output in 15 - 30 mm
Applications:

 Optical phase conjugation


 Optical parametric oscillators
 Optical computing
 Optical switching
 Optical data storage
Imaging and Aberration
correction using PCM

Basic two-pass geometry for imaging and aberration


correction using a PCM(Phase conjugate mirror).
Optical Parametric Oscillators

 Converts the pump wave into two coherent light waves


with longer wavelengths.
 Applications: Light detection and ranging (LIDAR), High-resolution
spectroscopy, Medical research, Environmental monitoring,
Display technology, and Precision frequency metrology.
Optical Computing

 Optical Techniques can provide a number of


ways of extending the information processing
capability of electronics.
 Large quantities of data can be generated from
different resources and powerful computer is
required to process them.
 Just electronics are not enough for this and
therefore OPTICS can provide some solutions.
 Digital Optical computer requires the use
of nonlinear optics.
Future Scope
 The field of Nonlinear Optics today has grown into a vast
enterprise with a considerable potential for technological
applications.
 The nonlinear optical (NLO) materials needed for optimized
components , however, have not yet been realized.
 New nonlinear optical materials and devices are in various
stages of development.
 Organic nonlinear optical materials are thought to play a
key role in the future of NLO.
 “Purely optical information processing looms on the
horizon”.
References
 http://phys.strath.ac.uk
 http://www.buscom.com
 http://web.archive.org/web
 http://www.tn.utwente.nl
 http://www.ulb.ac.be/sciences/ont/EnPubli.html
 http://www.nat.vu.nl/~wimu/NLO-2001.pdf
 http://www.ist-
optimist.org/PDF/trends/ENST_nois_oct2000.pdf
 http://www.maths.soton.ac.uk/applied/research/gd_TwoW
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