Nonlinear transmission of photosensitive cholesteric liquid crystals due to spectral bandwidth auto-tuning or restoration

Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics and Materials

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 471-483

  Serak, Svetlana V ^a   Tabiryan, Nelson V ^a   Bunning, Timothy J ^b  

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

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Azobenzene; Cholesteric liquid crystals; Lasers; Nonlinear optics; Tunable photonic bandgaps

Indexed keywords

AZOBENZENE; ENERGY GAP; ISOMERIZATION; LASER BEAMS; LASER OPTICS; LASERS; LIGHT SENSITIVE MATERIALS; LIQUID LASERS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; RED SHIFT; RESTORATION; TEXTURES; TUNING;

CIRCULARLY POLARIZED LIGHT; CIS-TRANS ISOMERIZATION; NONLINEAR TRANSMISSION; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; SELECTIVE REFLECTION; SPECTRAL BANDWIDTH; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; VISIBLE IRRADIATION;

CHOLESTERIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 38349098275     PISSN: 02188635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218863507003895     Document Type: Article

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