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ziofill • yesterday at 7:42 PM • 3 replies • view on HN

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonlinear_optics

Very real stuff (I have a PhD on this)


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oersted • yesterday at 9:20 PM

This is the second sentence:

> Nonlinear phenomena become relevant only when the input light is very intense. Typically, in order to observe nonlinear phenomena, an intensity of the electromagnetic field of light larger than 108 V/m (and thus comparable to the atomic electric field of ~1011 V/m) is required.

I don’t know anything about this field. Can you address this point? How close are we to overcoming this in academia?

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Y_Y • yesterday at 8:34 PM

At milliwatt power, and terahertz frequency?

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amelius • yesterday at 8:32 PM

I mean, researchers have been trying for years, what is different now?