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dc.contributor.authorMorgan, Robert Anthony.
dc.creatorMorgan, Robert Anthony.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2011-10-31T17:11:39Z
dc.date.available2011-10-31T17:11:39Z
dc.date.issued1988en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10150/184550
dc.description.abstractThe culmination of a comprehensive experimental study of a number of nonlinear optical materials and their device applications. The optical phenomenology surrounding the interaction of laser radiation with these materials is emphasized. In addition to using interferometric techniques for their investigation and application, the overall theme of the research is the incorporation of interferometric descriptions of these interactions. Interference is commonly regarded to be the domain of linear optics; this work invalidates that notion. Nonlinear optics (NLO) is presented as simply a natural extension of linear optics. After a complete introduction to the general theory and relevant concepts required in the field of NLO, the first half of this manuscript presents a number of studies concerned with second-order nonlinear crystals for laser frequency conversion. The second half of this dissertation presents research on the nonlinear optical properties of semiconductors and semiconductor microstructures for optical-bistability-related applications. Optical bistability and related phenomena made possible using these materials in a nonlinear Fabry-Perot interferometer are stressed.
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dc.publisherThe University of Arizona.en_US
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dc.subjectNonlinear optics -- Materials.en_US
dc.subjectLaser interferometers.en_US
dc.titleNonlinear optical materials: Investigations and applications using laser interferometric technique.en_US
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dc.typeDissertation-Reproduction (electronic)en_US
dc.identifier.oclc701552586en_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Arizonaen_US
thesis.degree.leveldoctoralen_US
dc.identifier.proquest8905802en_US
thesis.degree.disciplineOptical Sciencesen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineGraduate Collegeen_US
thesis.degree.namePh.D.en_US
refterms.dateFOA2018-07-01T01:35:44Z
html.description.abstractThe culmination of a comprehensive experimental study of a number of nonlinear optical materials and their device applications. The optical phenomenology surrounding the interaction of laser radiation with these materials is emphasized. In addition to using interferometric techniques for their investigation and application, the overall theme of the research is the incorporation of interferometric descriptions of these interactions. Interference is commonly regarded to be the domain of linear optics; this work invalidates that notion. Nonlinear optics (NLO) is presented as simply a natural extension of linear optics. After a complete introduction to the general theory and relevant concepts required in the field of NLO, the first half of this manuscript presents a number of studies concerned with second-order nonlinear crystals for laser frequency conversion. The second half of this dissertation presents research on the nonlinear optical properties of semiconductors and semiconductor microstructures for optical-bistability-related applications. Optical bistability and related phenomena made possible using these materials in a nonlinear Fabry-Perot interferometer are stressed.


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