Nonlocal dynamic gratings and energy transfer by optical two-beam coupling in a nematic liquid crystal owing to highly sensitive photoelectric reorientation

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1632-1638

  Pagliusi, P ^a   Macdonald, R ^b   Busch, S ^c   Cipparrone, G ^a   Kreuzer, M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

^c TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^d DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ENERGY TRANSFER; LIGHT POLARIZATION; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL PUMPING; PHOTOELECTRICITY; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

PHOTOELECTRIC REORIENTATION;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 0038003233     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.18.001632     Document Type: Article

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