Guest-host-interaction-induced enhancement of optical nonlinearity of liquid crystals and isotropic liquids

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3475, Issue , 1998, Pages 112-120

  Zhuang, X ^a   Muenster, R ^b   Jarasch, M ^b   Shen, Y R ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dye; Fr edericktz transition; Guest host interaction; Liquid crystals; Optical Kerr effect; Optical nonlinearity

Indexed keywords

DISSOLUTION; DYES; KETONES; MOLECULES; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT; PHASE TRANSITIONS;

GUEST-HOST INTERACTIONS;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 0038414763     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.326897     Document Type: Conference Paper

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