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Nonlinear Optical Device (Icaroscope) at the Institute of Optics, University of Rochester During the Second World War

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This chapter contains a brief history of development of a nonlinear optical device (Icaroscope) in the University of Rochester during the Second World War based on saturation of luminescence (Sect. 16.1). The text of original publication by B. O’Brien is also included (Sect. 16.2).

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  1. The Institute of Optics, University of Rochester, 275 Hutchison Road, Wilmot Building, Rochester, NY, 14627, USA

    Carlos R. Stroud

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  1. Department of Physics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada

    Robert W. Boyd

  2. The Institute of Optics, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA

    Svetlana G. Lukishova

  3. Institute of Spectroscopy of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Troitsk, Moscow, Russia

    Victor N. Zadkov

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Stroud, C.R. (2019). Nonlinear Optical Device (Icaroscope) at the Institute of Optics, University of Rochester During the Second World War. In: Boyd, R., Lukishova, S., Zadkov, V. (eds) Quantum Photonics: Pioneering Advances and Emerging Applications. Springer Series in Optical Sciences, vol 217. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98402-5_16

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