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課程目標

預期達到之教育目標及對學生之要求：
從基礎的電磁波與非線性物質的作用到電光、聲光、二階非線性混波、准相位匹配、三階非線性混波及散射等非線性現象的理論與應用解析。本課程將透過學理的講授與實驗的驗證，增加學生的理解與活用。

修習條件

主要教本

Textbook

“Nonlinear Optics”, by R.W. Boyd, Academic Press (1992).

Reference Books

1.“Principles of Nonlinear Optics Course Reader”, by Y. C. Huang (EE department, National Tsing-Hua Univ.; available in the清華水木書苑)

2.“Nonlinear Optics”, by E.G.. Sauter, John Wiley & Sons, 1996.

3.“Fundamental of Photonics”, by Saleh & Teich, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

4.“Optical Waves in Crystals”, by Yariv and Yeh, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

5. “Quantum Electronics”, by Yariv, John Wiley and Sons, Inc.

內容大綱

1. Nonlinear Susceptibility 
2. Electromagnetic Wave in Anisotropic Media 
3. Electro-optics 
4. Acousto-optics 
5. Second Harmonic Generation (SHG)
(Experiment: Critically phase-matched SHG in KTP)
6. Other 2nd-order Nonlinear Frequency Conversions
7. Quasi-phase-matching (QPM) Nonlinear Optics
(Experiment: Optical parametric generation (OPG) from a PPLN crystal)
8. Third-order Nonlinear Processes: third-harmonic generation, conjugate waves, Brillouin scattering, and Raman Scattering
9. DC and AC Kerr Effects