Photoinduced critical opalescence and reversible all-optical switching in photosensitive liquid crystals

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 538-544

  Tabiryan, Nelson V ^a   Serak, Svetlana V ^a   Grozhik, Vladimir A ^a  

^a BEAM ENGINEERING FOR ADVANCED MEASUREMENTS CO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; LASER BEAMS; LIGHT SCATTERING; LIQUID CRYSTALS; PHASE TRANSITIONS;

OPALESCENCE;

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 0038173770     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.20.000538     Document Type: Article

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