Second - harmonic generation in an optical medium with second- and third-order nonlinear susceptibilities

Second-harmonic generation (SHG) is investigated for a dispersive medium with quadratic and cubic nonlinearities.
All possible solutions assuming a zero initial value for the second harmonic are obtained and tabulated.
Based on the analysis, the optimal condition for SHG is deduced and the dependence of the SHG conversion
efficiency upon the nonlinearity, the dispersion, and the input field intensity is discussed. Also, a thorough numerical
study of the behavior of SHG efficiency is performed and the results are reported. A technique for estimation
of the unknown third-order nonlinearity coefficients of a material from SHG observation is proposed.

Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution 854

This manuscript is an author version with the final
publication available and may be cited as: Choe, W., Banerjee, P. P., & Caimi, F. C. (1991). Secondharmonic
generation in an optical medium with second- and third-order nonlinear susceptibilities.
Journal of the Optical Society of America B, 8(5), 1013-1022.

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1991

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1991

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1991

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FA00007212

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Attributed name: Caimi, F. M.

Attributed name: Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute

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Choe, W.

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http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00007212

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Second - harmonic generation in an optical medium with second- and third-order nonlinear susceptibilities

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http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00007212

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1991
Optical Society of America

Washington, DC

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Washington, DC

Title

Second - harmonic generation in an optical medium with second- and third-order nonlinear susceptibilities

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Second - harmonic generation in an optical medium with second- and third-order nonlinear susceptibilities