Recent studies of optical limiting, image processing and near-infrared nonlinear optics with nematic liquid crystals

Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology Section A: Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals

Volumn 375, Issue , 2002, Pages 33-44

  Khoo, I C ^a   Ding, J ^a   Diaz, A ^a   Zhang, Y ^a   Chen, K ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

1.55 m; Communication channe wavelength; Image processing; Lase induced; Liquid crystals; Near infrared; Optical limiting; Refractive index change

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); DYES; IMAGE PROCESSING; INFRARED RADIATION; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

COMMUNICATION CHANNEL WAVELENGTH; NEAR-INFRARED NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL LIMITING; REFRACTIVE INDEX CHANGE;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 0141664153     PISSN: 1058725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10587250210564     Document Type: Conference Paper

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