Self-defocusing and optical limiting of nanowatt cw laser and image processing at μwatt/cm2 intensity with nematic liquid crystals

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3475, Issue , 1998, Pages 143-149

  Khoo, I C ^a   Wood, M V ^a   Chen, P ^a   Shih, Min Yi ^a   Guenther, Brett D ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Image processing; Incoherent coherent conversion; Methyl Red; Microwatt cm2; Nanowatt; Nematic liquid crystal; Photovoltaic; Refractive index change; Reorientation; Space charge field; Spatial light modulator

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); DYES; ELECTRIC SPACE CHARGE; IMAGE PROCESSING; LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; THIN FILMS;

IMAGE CONVERSIONS;

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS;

EID: 0038752818     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.326900     Document Type: Conference Paper

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