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EM waves are bent by magnetic fields? i thought linearity/superposition meant they’d sum with the field and pass right through
by dustingetz 3y ago
EM waves are bent by magnetic fields? i thought linearity/superposition meant they’d sum with the field and pass right through
- gus_massa 3y agoIIUC, they are using a semiconductor and the photons are transformed by the crystal into electron-hole pairs. It's a very non linear material.
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- Enginerrrd 3y agoClassically and in vacuum I think your intuition is right. However in this case, I think this is happening in bulk materials not in vacuum, and there are other interactions on the atomic scale so light propagating through the lattice has weird affects.
- mike50 3y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonlinear_optics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonlinear_optics