High optical nonlinearity of azobenzene liquid crystals for short laser pulses

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7050, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Hrozhyk, Uladzimir ^a   Serak, Svetlana ^a   Tabiryan, Nelson ^a   Hoke, Landa ^b   Steeves, Diane M ^b   Kedziora, Gary ^c   Kimball, Brian ^b  

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

^b DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING CENTER   (United States)

^c WRIGHT PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE   (United States)

Author keywords

Azobenzene liquid crystals; Fast optical switching; Nanosecond laser pulse; Nonlinear transmission; Photoisomerization

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; CRYSTALS; LASER BEAMS; LASER FUSION; LASER PULSES; LASERS; LIGHT SOURCES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; NEODYMIUM LASERS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; POWDERS;

CROSSED POLARIZERS; CW LASER BEAMS; FAST OPTICAL SWITCHING; HIGH OPTICAL NONLINEARITIES; HIGHLY NONLINEAR; LAYER THICKNESSES; MATERIAL COMPOSITIONS; NANO-SECONDS; NANOSECOND LASER PULSE; NANOSECOND PULSES; ND:YAG LASERS; NON-LINEAR RESPONSES; NONLINEAR TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL NONLINEARITIES; PULSE ENERGIES; RESPONSE TIMES; ROOM TEMPERATURES; SECOND HARMONICS; SHORT LASER PULSES;

PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 55549118608     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.794308     Document Type: Conference Paper

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