Biphotonic-induced reorientation inversion in azo-dye-doped liquid crystal films

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 13118-13125

  Lin, Hui Chi ^a   Chu, Chia Wei ^b   Li, Ming Shian ^b   Fuh, Andy Ying Guey ^b  

^a NATIONAL FORMOSA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZO DYES; ISOMERS; LIQUID FILMS; LIQUID LASERS; PLASTIC FILMS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

AZO-DYE-DOPED LIQUID CRYSTAL; BIPHOTONIC; CHANGE OF REFRACTIVE INDEX; CIS-ISOMERS; GREEN LIGHT; LIQUID CRYSTAL MOLECULES; RED LASERS; RED LIGHT;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

AZO COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; LIGHT; LIQUID CRYSTAL; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; PHOTON; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REFRACTOMETRY;

AZO COMPOUNDS; LIGHT; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MATERIALS TESTING; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; PHOTONS; REFRACTOMETRY;

EID: 79959889080     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.013118     Document Type: Article

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