What does the non-linearity mean in the context of a laser?
As in the frequency doubling or mixing in a crystal of KDP.
Any Nd:YAG laser that has a green output has a doubling crystal. Essentially,
think of a Taylor series expansion of the response of the crystal to the
intense electric field, and include the E^2 term.
JEG
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