Frequency conversion in new nonlinear optical materials
Abstract
This thesis is divided into two main parts: theoretical and experimental. The theoretical part is composed of five chapters. These chapters cover the topics of nonlinear optics (NLO), second harmonic generation (SHG), optical parametric oscillation (OPO), phase matching theory (PMT) and stimulated Raman scattering (SRS). Their function is to develope the theory necessary to describe the nonlinear optical processes responsible for the phenomena observed in our experiments. The second part contains three chapters--one for each of the aforementioned nonlinear optical phenomena. These chapters describe the procedures used and results obtained for each of these experiments.
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