Nonlinear optics in daily life
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2013
Publication Title
Optics Express
Department
Thayer School of Engineering
Abstract
An overview is presented of the impact of NLO on today’s daily life. While NLO researchers have promised many applications, only a few have changed our lives so far. This paper categorizes applications of NLO into three areas: improving lasers, interaction with materials, and information technology. NLO provides: coherent light of different wavelengths; multi-photon absorption for plasma-materials interaction; advanced spectroscopy and materials analysis; and applications to communications and sensors. Applications in information processing and storage seem less mature.
DOI
10.1364/OE.21.030532
Dartmouth Digital Commons Citation
Garmire, Elsa, "Nonlinear optics in daily life" (2013). Dartmouth Scholarship. 130.
https://digitalcommons.dartmouth.edu/facoa/130
