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Optical waves in crystals Yariv A., Yeh P.
Publisher: Wiley

Transmission of an electro-optic device as a function of applied voltage. Optical information processing of the future is associated with a new generation of compact nanoscale optical devices operating entirely with light. The baseline time span for this database is (publication years) 1998-June 30, 2008 from the third bimonthly update (a 10-year + 6-month period). This Demonstration shows the effect of the optical element on the polarization of light. Heat normally flows from hot to cold, but now physicists in Japan and Germany have shown that spin waves can reverse the flow. The team fired microwaves at one end of a crystal, which instead of heating up, stayed cool. Wave plates and linear polarizers are common optical elements that alter the polarization of light passing through them. Describes how laser radiation propagates in natural and artificial materials and how the state of radiation can be controlled and manipulated (phase intensity, polarization) by various means. Claus., Semiconductor Optics, 2nd ed., Springe, New York, 2004. Coherent Optical Photons from Shock Waves in Crystals To our knowledge, this phenomenon represents a fundamentally new form of coherent optical radiation source that is distinct from lasers and free-electron lasers. V1/2 denotes the half-wave voltage.