Nonlinear optics of nematic and blue phase liquid crystals

Iam Choon Khoo; Chun Wei Chen; Kuan Lung Hong; Tsung Hsien Lin; Shuo Zhao

doi:10.1080/15421406.2014.917469

Nonlinear optics of nematic and blue phase liquid crystals

Iam Choon Khoo, Chun Wei Chen, Kuan Lung Hong, Tsung Hsien Lin, Shuo Zhao

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Abstract

We present a critical reexamination of individual electronic and collective optical nonlinearities of nematic liquid crystals (NLC) in the context of all-optical transmission switching of femtoseconds - CW lasers, and report recent observations of similar optical nonlinearities in Blue-phase liquid crystals (BPLC) and their utilization in feasibility demonstrations of polarization-free nonlinear grating diffraction and transmission switching of CW as well as pulsed lasers.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	31-41
Number of pages	11
Journal	Molecular crystals and liquid crystals
Volume	594
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/15421406.2014.917469
State	Published - May 3 2014

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General Chemistry
General Materials Science
Condensed Matter Physics

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