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IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

The application of time evolution operators and Feynman diagrams to nonlinear optics

Avigail Yariv

Published Dec 1, 1977• 28 citations
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Abstract

This paper develops a consistent formalism for describing nonlinear optical mixing and multiphoton processes of any arbitrary order. The theory uses the time-evolution operators of quantum mechanics, and the related Feynman diagrams.
DOI
10.1109/jqe.1977.1069267

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