Identification of optical nonlinearities of dye-doped nematic and polymer-dispersed liquid crystals using Z-scan technique

Optics Communications

Volumn 283, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 323-329

  Lin, Hui Chi ^a   Chen, Chin Hui ^a   Mo, Ting Shan ^b   Li, Ming Shian ^a   Lee, Chia Rong ^a   Hsieh, Feng Ming ^a   Liu, Jui Hsiang ^a   Fuh, Andy Ying Guey ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KUN SHAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Azo dye; Liquid crystals; PDLC; Z scan

Indexed keywords

CLEARING TEMPERATURE; DYE-DOPED; INCIDENT LASER; KERR CONSTANTS; NANO-SIZED; NEMATIC LC; NON-LINEAR OPTICAL PROPERTIES; NON-LINEARITY; OPTICAL NONLINEARITY; PDLC; POLYMER DISPERSED LIQUID CRYSTALS; Z-SCAN; Z-SCAN TECHNIQUE;

AZO DYES; CRYSTALS; LASER PULSES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; LIQUIDS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT; POLYMER FILMS;

LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS;

EID: 70449484505     PISSN: 00304018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optcom.2009.09.057     Document Type: Article

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