Microwatt power optically controlled spatial solitons in azobenzene liquid crystal

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6332, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Serak, Svetlana V ^a   Tabiryan, Nelson V ^a  

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

Author keywords

Azobenzene liquid crystals; Beam steering; Nonlinear propagation; Optical solitons; Photoinduced isomerization

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; ATTENUATION; ISOMERIZATION; LASER BEAMS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; NONLINEAR OPTICS;

AZOBENZENE LIQUID CRYSTALS; BEAM STEERING; NONLINEAR PROPAGATION; OPTICAL SOLITONS; PHOTOINDUCED ISOMERIZATION;

SOLITONS;

EID: 33751363206     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.682109     Document Type: Conference Paper

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