Photorefractivity, phase conjugation and thermal wave mixing effects in the visible and near IR spectral region for dye and fullerene C60-doped nematic liquid crystals

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2854, Issue , 1996, Pages 151-159

  Guenther, Brett D ^a   Wood, M V ^a   Khoo, I C ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIQUID FILMS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL FILMS; PLASTIC FILMS;

FULLERENE C60; NEAR UV; NEAR-IR; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTAL FILMS; PHOTO-INDUCED; PHOTOREFRACTIVITY; SELF DIFFRACTION; THERMAL WAVE;

FULLERENES;

EID: 0010051863     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.262977     Document Type: Conference Paper

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