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In this paper a physical picture is given of the important class of three wave parametric decay processes occurring in nonlinear optics of solids. Starting from the radiation pressure on a single particle a general expression for the ponderomotive force in dense matter at rest and in motion is derived. In a second step the formulae are applied to parametric processes of nonlinear optics and it is shown that in terms of wave pressure the quantitative analysis is much more concise, systematic and intuitive.
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Mulser, P. (1990). Physical Picture of Parametric Phenomena and Ponderomotive Effects in Solids. In: Keller, O. (eds) Nonlinear Optics in Solids. Springer Series on Wave Phenomena, vol 9. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-84206-1_9
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