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Photonics Dictionary

optical nonlinearity

The phenomenon that makes nonlinear the mathematical expression for the electrical polarization of a medium through which lightwaves are passing. Characterizes high-power lasers principally; incoherent optical sources have few significant nonlinear effects.
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