International Journal of Physical and Social Sciences
  • Year: 2016
  • Volume: 6
  • Issue: 5

A Rudimentary View on Second Harmonic Generation

  • Author:
  • V.S. Kumar1, R.S. Sundararajan2
  • Total Page Count: 9
  • Page Number: 132 to 140

1Department of Physics, Swami Dayananda College of Arts and Science, Manjakkudi, Tiruvarur Dt., Tamilnadu, India

2Department of Physics, Government Arts College(Autonomous), Kumbakonam, Tamilnadu, India

Online published on 22 August, 2016.

Abstract

The enormity of nonlinear optic materials apostasy in the validity that the second harmonic generation is one of the prime methods of efficacious conversion of coherence light rays. Many such characterized materials have been utilized in optoelectronic contrivances for sundry purposes like data storage, data conversion and switching mechanisms. This article expresses the scrutiny on the second harmonic generation and its purport theoretically such as frequency matching, phase matching, amplification, wave commixing and their modalities.

Keywords

Nonlinear optic, Second harmonic generation, Phase matching, Frequency conversion, Non centrosymmetric