Quasi-static Electric Field Enhanced Optical Propagation Effects in a Nematic Liquid Crystal Film

Ci-Ling Pan; Shu-Hsia Chen; H. H. Liao

doi:10.1117/12.960408

16 June 1986 Quasi-static Electric Field Enhanced Optical Propagation Effects in a Nematic Liquid Crystal Film

Ci-Ling Pan, Shu-Hsia Chen, H. H. Liao

Proceedings Volume 0613, Nonlinear Optics and Applications; (1986) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.960408
Event: O-E/LASE'86 Symposium, 1986, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

A quasi-static electric field can enhance laser-induced diffraction rings from a nematic liquid crystal film. This phenomenon is shown to be the combined result of the critical behavior of the sample at the Freedericksz transition and the nonlinear coupling of the op-tical and quasi-static electric fields. A novel zero-crossing effect for an inclined-incident pump beam will be shown. Potential applications for the observed effect are discussed.

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Ci-Ling Pan, Shu-Hsia Chen, and H. H. Liao "Quasi-static Electric Field Enhanced Optical Propagation Effects in a Nematic Liquid Crystal Film", Proc. SPIE 0613, Nonlinear Optics and Applications, (16 June 1986); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.960408

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