Optical nonlinearities of liquid crystals controlled by surfaces

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4457, Issue , 2001, Pages 1-8

  Lucchetti, L ^a   Lucchetta, D E ^a   Francescangeli, O ^a   Simoni, F ^a  

^a INFM   (Italy)

Author keywords

Nematic liquid crystals; Nonlinear response; Surface effect

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; DOPING (ADDITIVES); DYES; ELASTICITY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NONLINEAR OPTICS; SURFACE TREATMENT;

ANCHORING CONDITIONS; DYE-DOPED NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; LIGHT-INDUCED MODIFICATION; OPTICAL RESPONSE; OPTICAL TORQUE; SUPRANONLINEAR BEHAVIOR; SURFACE INDUCED NONLINEAR EFFECT;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 0035760820     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.447747     Document Type: Conference Paper

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