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Main Authors: Cakoni, Fioralba, Hovsepyan, Narek, Lassas, Matti, Vogelius, Michael S.
Format: Preprint
Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.00998
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author Cakoni, Fioralba
Hovsepyan, Narek
Lassas, Matti
Vogelius, Michael S.
author_facet Cakoni, Fioralba
Hovsepyan, Narek
Lassas, Matti
Vogelius, Michael S.
contents This paper concerns the scattering problem for a nonlinear medium of compact support, $D$, with second-harmonic generation. Such a medium, when probed with monochromatic light beams at frequency $ω$, generates additional waves at frequency $2ω$. The response of the medium is governed by a system of two coupled semilinear partial differential equations for the electric fields at frequency $ω$ and $2ω$. We investigate whether there are situations in which the generated $2ω$ wave is localized inside $D$, that is, the nonlinear interaction of the medium with the probing wave is invisible to an outside observer. This leads to the analysis of a semilinear elliptic system formulated in $D$ with non-standard boundary conditions. The analysis presented here sets up a mathematical framework needed to investigate a multitude of questions related to nonlinear scattering with second-harmonic generation.
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spellingShingle On the lack of external response of a nonlinear medium in the second-harmonic generation process
Cakoni, Fioralba
Hovsepyan, Narek
Lassas, Matti
Vogelius, Michael S.
Analysis of PDEs
This paper concerns the scattering problem for a nonlinear medium of compact support, $D$, with second-harmonic generation. Such a medium, when probed with monochromatic light beams at frequency $ω$, generates additional waves at frequency $2ω$. The response of the medium is governed by a system of two coupled semilinear partial differential equations for the electric fields at frequency $ω$ and $2ω$. We investigate whether there are situations in which the generated $2ω$ wave is localized inside $D$, that is, the nonlinear interaction of the medium with the probing wave is invisible to an outside observer. This leads to the analysis of a semilinear elliptic system formulated in $D$ with non-standard boundary conditions. The analysis presented here sets up a mathematical framework needed to investigate a multitude of questions related to nonlinear scattering with second-harmonic generation.
title On the lack of external response of a nonlinear medium in the second-harmonic generation process
topic Analysis of PDEs
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.00998