HIGHLY NONLINEAR OPTICAL EFFECTS IN LIQUID CRYSTALS

1 March 1983

journal article
Published by EDP Sciences in Le Journal de Physique Colloques

Vol. 44 (C2) , C2-161
https://doi.org/10.1051/jphyscol:1983221

Abstract

CW laser fields are strong enough to induce a large refractive index change in a liquid crystal. Optical-field-induced structural transition can occur. The large optical nonlinearity can lead to some unusual highly nonlinear optical phenomena

Keywords

LIQUID CRYSTALS
NONLINEAR OPTICAL EFFECTS
HIGHLY NONLINEAR
EFFECTS IN LIQUID