Photo-induced space charge fields, photo-voltaic, photorefractivity, and optical wave mixing in nematic liquid crystals

I. C. Khoo, Brett D. Guenther, S. Slussarenko

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Abstract

We present a detailed discussion of the fundamental mechanisms for recently observed nonlinear electro-optical wave mixing effects in nematic liquid crystal films. Experimental results on photoconductivity, photorefractive-like two beam coupling, beam amplification, self-diffraction, and storage holographic grating formation in dye- and Fullerene C60 and C61 doped nematic films are presented along with a review of two- and four- wave mixing theories. Nematic liquid crystal films are shown to be potentially useful for adaptive and optical storage applications.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)419-438
Number of pages20
JournalMolecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology Section A: Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals
Volume321
DOIs
StatePublished - 1998

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Condensed Matter Physics

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