Nonlinear Acoustics: Analogs of Phenomena in Nonlinear Optics

Friday, January 31, 1992 4:00 p.m. Dr. Mark F. Hamilton Department of Mechanical Engineering The University of Texas at Austin Although the study of nonlinear acoustics predates nonlinear optics by more than a century, nonlinear optics has been exploited much more for technological applications than has nonlinear acoustics. The main differ­ence is dispersion (dependence of…