Electric-field-modulated circular-difference effects in second-harmonic generation from a chiral liquid crystal

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 41, Issue 20, 2002, Pages 3882-3884

  Verbiest, Thierry ^a   Sioncke, Sonja ^a   Persoons, André ^a   Vyklický, Libor ^b   Katz, Thomas J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Chirality; Circular dichroism; Helical structures; Liquid crystals; Nonlinear optics

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; HARMONIC GENERATION; LIGHT POLARIZATION;

POLARITY;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

ARTICLE; CHIRALITY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRIC FIELD; LIQUID CRYSTAL; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; POLARIZATION;

EID: 0037131492     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1521-3773(20021018)41:20<3882::AID-ANIE3882>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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