Laser-heating-induced self-phase modulation, phase transition, and bistability in nematic liquid crystals
- 1 June 1988
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Optics Letters
- Vol. 13 (6) , 479-481
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.13.000479
Abstract
A quantitative discussion of the laser-heating-induced self-phase modulation in nematic liquid crystals is given. The process of the laser-heating-induced nematic–isotropic transition is analyzed. The intrinsic optical bistability due to the nematic–isotropic phase transition is observed and analyzed.Keywords
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