ta_winter_college_ on_optics_and_energy_ico-ictp_award _2010.pdf
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Third order processes: χ (3)<br />
Refractive process:<br />
Absorptive process:<br />
n n0<br />
n2I<br />
+ = 0 2<br />
• self-phase modulati<strong>on</strong><br />
• lens-like effect<br />
α α + ββ<br />
I<br />
= 0<br />
• n<strong>on</strong>linear absorpti<strong>on</strong><br />
•two-phot<strong>on</strong> p absorpti<strong>on</strong> p