Optical waves in crystals by Yariv A., Yeh P.

Optical waves in crystals



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Optical waves in crystals Yariv A., Yeh P. ebook
Format: djvu
ISBN: 0471091421, 9780471091424
Publisher: Wiley
Page: 601


The team fired microwaves at one end of a crystal, which instead of heating up, stayed cool. To exploit THz-wave region, nonlinear optical effects and various optical technology are utilized. By submerging a new type of zinc oxide crystal in water, the scientists claim to be able to harvest hydrogen using vibrations from passing traffic and crashing waves. Optical waves in crystals ebook download. Heat normally flows from hot to cold, but now physicists in Japan and Germany have shown that spin waves can reverse the flow. The intensity is the product of photon energy and photon flux. Coherent Optical Photons from Shock Waves in Crystals To our knowledge, this phenomenon represents a fundamentally new form of coherent optical radiation source that is distinct from lasers and free-electron lasers. A result of this is the ob-served anisotropy of the optical properties of crystals, particularly the dependence on direction of the rate of propagation v of waves and of the index of refraction n. Of course Eve could insert her own non-linear crystal along the path and read the infomation. If one wave is going up and interacts with another wave that's going down, they cancel each other and the light has zero intensity. Huge number of modes using a liquid crystal light valve. LCLV as the two-wave mixing device 4 . ISBN: 0471091421,9780471091424 | 601 pages | 16 Mb. (Phys.org) —Researchers have demonstrated a method for 'temporal cloaking' of optical communications, representing a potential tool to thwart would-be eavesdroppers and improve security for telecommunications. Describes how laser radiation propagates in natural and artificial materials and how the state of radiation can be controlled and manipulated (phase intensity, polarization) by various means. The units of the optical intensity (or light intensity) are W/m2 or (more commonly) W/cm2.