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Transmission matrices go nonlinear

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Measuring the transmission matrix of disordered structures has so far been limited to the domain of linear systems. Now it has been measured for nonlinear disorder, with exciting implications for information capacity.

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Fig. 1: The second-harmonic scattering tensor.

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Mujumdar, S. Transmission matrices go nonlinear. Nat. Phys. 19, 1563–1564 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-023-02172-7

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