Enhancement of second-harmonic generation by helicoidal distributed feedback action in a ferroelectric smectic C* liquid crystal using two counter-propagating fundamental waves

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 2: Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 9 A/B, 1997, Pages

  Yoo, Jeong Geun ^a   Choi, Suk Won ^a   Hoshi, Hajime ^a   Ishikawa, Ken ^a   Takezoe, Hideo ^a   Schadt, Martin ^b  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b Rolic Technologies Ltd   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Distributed feedback cavity; Ferroelectric liquid crystal; Helical structure; Second harmonic generation; SHG; Smectic C*

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION;

COUNTER PROPAGATING FUNDAMENTAL WAVES; OPTICAL PITCH;

SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 0031223796     PISSN: 00214922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/jjap.36.l1168     Document Type: Article

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