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Mediation of nonlinear polarization by the magnetic field in a composite medium with a chiral component
Author(s) -
Weiglhofer Werner S.,
Lakhtakia Akhlesh
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
microwave and optical technology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1098-2760
pISSN - 0895-2477
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1098-2760(19961205)13:5<285::aid-mop11>3.0.co;2-6
Subject(s) - nonlinear system , polarization (electrochemistry) , dielectric , isotropy , nonlinear optics , condensed matter physics , materials science , electric field , magnetic field , composite number , physics , optics , optoelectronics , composite material , quantum mechanics , chemistry
Abstract Nonlinear optics commonly employs dielectric materials wherein the nonlinear polarization is mediated by the electric field. We show, by means of an example, that the nonlinear polarization can be mediated by the magnetic field also in particulate composites formed by mixing nonlinear dielectrics with isotropic chiral media at molecular‐length scales. © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.