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Niles
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Hi
People usually write the (total) polarization like this
[tex]P(t) = \epsilon_0(\chi^{(1)}E(t)+chi^{(2)}E(t)^2+\ldots)[/tex]
where χ is the susceptibility. But in my book I see they write it like this
[tex]
P(t) = \varepsilon _0 \frac{1}{{2\pi }}\int\limits_{ - \infty }^\infty {\chi ^{(1)} (t)E(t' - t)dt} + \varepsilon _0 \frac{1}{{4\pi \pi }}\int\limits_{ - \infty }^\infty {\chi ^{(2)} (t_1 ,t_2 )E(t' - t_1 )E(t' - t_2 )dt_1 dt_2 + }
\ldots[/tex]
I'm not quite sure what the difference is between these two expressions. Do they apply to different situations?
Thanks in advance.
Niles.
People usually write the (total) polarization like this
[tex]P(t) = \epsilon_0(\chi^{(1)}E(t)+chi^{(2)}E(t)^2+\ldots)[/tex]
where χ is the susceptibility. But in my book I see they write it like this
[tex]
P(t) = \varepsilon _0 \frac{1}{{2\pi }}\int\limits_{ - \infty }^\infty {\chi ^{(1)} (t)E(t' - t)dt} + \varepsilon _0 \frac{1}{{4\pi \pi }}\int\limits_{ - \infty }^\infty {\chi ^{(2)} (t_1 ,t_2 )E(t' - t_1 )E(t' - t_2 )dt_1 dt_2 + }
\ldots[/tex]
I'm not quite sure what the difference is between these two expressions. Do they apply to different situations?
Thanks in advance.
Niles.