A nonlinear medium is one which is intended to be accessed in a nonlinear fashion.
Examples include:
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Nonlinear optics — (NLO) is the branch of optics that describes the behaviour of light in nonlinear media, that is, media in which the dielectric polarization P responds nonlinearly to the electric field E of the light. This nonlinearity is typically only observed… … Wikipedia
Nonlinear Schrödinger equation — This page is about the equation iψt = −½ψxx + κ|ψ|2ψ. For the equation iψt = −½ψxx + V(x)ψ + κ|ψ|2ψ, used in Bose–Einstein condensate theory, see Gross–Pitaevskii equation. In theoretical physics, the nonlinear Schrödinger equation (NLS) is a… … Wikipedia
Nonlinear photonic crystal — Nonlinear photonic crystals are usually used as quasi phase matching materials. They can be either one dimensional[1] or two dimensional.[2] Nonlinear Photonic Crystals Broadly speaking, nonlinear photonic crystals (PC) are periodic structures… … Wikipedia
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Nonlinear metamaterials — A nonlinear metamaterial is an artificially constructed material that can exhibit properties not found in nature. Its response to electromagnetic radiation can be characterized by its permittivity and material permeability. The product of the… … Wikipedia
Nonlinear acoustics — Non linear acoustics is a branch of physics dealing with sound waves being distorted as they travel. Contents 1 Introduction 2 Physical Analysis 3 Mathematical model 4 Common occurrences … Wikipedia
Excitable medium — An excitable medium is a nonlinear dynamical system which has the capacity to propagate a wave of some description, and which cannot support the passing of another wave until a certain amount of time has passed (known as the refractory time). A… … Wikipedia
List of nonlinear partial differential equations — In mathematics and physics, nonlinear partial differential equations are (as their name suggests) partial differential equations with nonlinear terms. They describe many different physical systems, ranging from gravitation to fluid dynamics, and… … Wikipedia
Optical amplifier — An optical amplifier is a device that amplifies an optical signal directly, without the need to first convert it to an electrical signal. An optical amplifier may be thought of as a laser without an optical cavity, or one in which feedback from… … Wikipedia
Quasi-phase-matching — is a technique in nonlinear optics which allows a positive net flow of energy from the pump frequency to the signal and idler frequencies by creating a periodic structure in the nonlinear medium. Momentum is conserved, as is necessary for phase… … Wikipedia
