nonlinear
Britishadjective
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not of, in, along, or relating to a line
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denoting digital editing in which edits are saved on computer, rather than videotape, thus enabling further edits to be made
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Additional time domain simulations also incorporated nonlinear gyroscopic behavior to explore possible performance limits.
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The system relies on SHG, a nonlinear optical phenomenon in which incoming light is converted into light with half the wavelength.
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"Because the concept is driven by geometry, not by one specific material, it can be applied to many other nonlinear materials and across different colors of light, including the ultraviolet."
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"The core innovation lies in the nonlinear metasurface that converts shaped near-infrared femtosecond laser pulses into tailored terahertz toroidal light pulses," said first author Li Niu from Tianjin University, who conducted the experiments.
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The researchers also found that the relationship between brain atrophy and memory loss varied widely between individuals and followed a nonlinear pattern.
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