In late 2003 his graduate student showed squeezing down to a few hundred Hertz using nonlinear crystals.
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It consists of a nonlinear crystal plate ( thick 1-2 mm ) sandwiched between two crossed polarizers.
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In Micro-SPIDER the spectral shear required for a SPIDER measurement is generated in a thick nonlinear crystal with carefully engineered phasematching function.
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Depending on the type and orientation of the nonlinear crystal, and on the direction of the applied electric field, the phase delay can depend on the polarization direction.
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It does not pay to use a nonlinear crystal much longer than the coherence length . ( Periodic poling and quasi-phase-matching provide another approach to this problem .)
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As a combination of both previous cases, a nonlinear crystal can be used to generate the second harmonic at the output of a Michelson interferometer, in a " collinear geometry ".
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From light of opposite ends of the broadened spectrum the difference frequency is generated in a nonlinear crystal and a heterodyne beat between this mixing product and light at the same wavelength of the original spectrum is measured.
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The principle of operation is based on the linear electro-optic effect ( the Pockels effect, the modification of the refractive index of a nonlinear crystal by an electric field in proportion to the field strength ).
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Effective from 1 July 2008, all components business activities ( covering laser & nonlinear crystals, positioning mechanics, mounts and optical tables ) were moved from EKSPLA to an Optolita company with the brand name of and doing business as EKSMA OPTICS.
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If the difference frequency of light of opposite ends of a broadened spectrum is generated in a nonlinear crystal, the resulting frequency comb is carrier envelope offset-free since the two spectral parts contributing to the DFG share the same carrier envelope offset frequency.