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Abstract
An overview is presented of the impact of NLO on today's daily life. While NLO researchers have promised many applications, only a few have changed our lives so far. This paper categorizes applications of NLO into three areas: improving lasers, interaction with materials, and information technology. NLO provides: coherent light of different wavelengths; multi-photon absorption for plasma-materials interaction; advanced spectroscopy and materials analysis; and applications to communications and sensors. Applications in information processing and storage seem less mature.Mesh:
Year: 2013 PMID: 24514630 DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.030532
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Opt Express ISSN: 1094-4087 Impact factor: 3.894