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		dvh 9 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: Real-time nonlinear optics simulation (JS... Does nonlinear optics also create harmonics as with nonlinear electronics?

jbay808 9 months ago [–]

Yes, this is how frequency-doubled lasers work (eg. 532 nm green laser pointers, which are generated as a harmonic from a 1064 nm Nd:YVO4 laser by a nonlinear KTP crystal).

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