Liquid crystals under two extremes: (1) High-power laser trradiation, and (2) single-photon level

Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals

Volumn 559, Issue , 2012, Pages 127-157

  Lukishova, Svetlana G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Helix unwinding; liquid crystals; nonlinear refraction; single photon source

Indexed keywords

2D-HEXAGONAL ARRAYS; AFM; CHOLESTERIC MIRROR; CIRCULAR POLARIZED; DYE DOPED LIQUID CRYSTAL; FLUORESCENCE CONTROL; FREE SPACES; HELICAL PITCH; HIGH-POWER; INCIDENT LIGHT; LASER PHYSICS; NEAR FIELD OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; NON-LINEAR REFRACTION; QUANTUM INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES; REFRACTIVE NON-LINEARITY; SINGLE EMITTER; SINGLE-PHOTON LEVEL; SINGLE-PHOTON SOURCE; THERMAL LENS EFFECTS; TWO-PHOTON ABSORPTIONS;

ANTENNAS; CIRCULAR POLARIZATION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLE SOURCES; FLUORESCENCE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MIRRORS; OLIGOMERS; PARTICLE BEAMS; QUANTUM OPTICS; TWO PHOTON PROCESSES;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 84861489012     PISSN: 15421406     EISSN: 15635287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15421406.2012.658703     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (105)

1. Jacobs, S.D., Cerqua, K.A., Marshal, K.L., Schmid, A.W., Guardalben, M.J., & Skerrett, K.J. (1988). JOSA. B, 5, 1962.
2. Schmid, A., Papernov, S., Li, Z.-W., Marshal, K., Gunderman, T., Lee, J.-C., Guardalben, M.J., & Jacobs, S.D. (1991). Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 207, 33.
3. Jacobs, S.D., Marshal, K.L., & Schmid, A. (1995). In: M.J. Weber (Ed.), Handbook of Laser Science and Technology, Supplement 2: Optical Materials, CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL, pp. 509-577.
4. Lukishova, S.G., Senatsky, Y.V., Bykovsky, N.E., & Scheulin, A.S. (2009). In: S.G. Lukishova, R.W. Boyd, & Y.-R. Shen (Eds.), Self-focusing: Past and Present. Fundamentals and Prospects, Springer Series: Topics in Applied Physics, vol. 114, Springer: NY, Chapter 8, pp. 191-229.
5. Lukishova, S.G., Pashinin, P.P., Batygov, S. Kh., Arkhangelskaya, V.A., Poletimov, A.E., Scheulin, A.S., & Terentiev, B.M. (1990). Laser and Particle Beams, 8(N 1-2), 349.
6. Gorshkov, B.V., Ivanchenko, V.K., Karpovich, V.K., Krasyuk, I.K., Lukishova, S.G., Margolin, D.M., Pashinin, P.P., Simun, E.A., Sokolov, V.A., Terekhov, V.D.,&Chernysheva, L.V. (1985). Kvantovaya Elektronika, 12, 1453;
7. (1985). Sov.J. Quant. Electron., 15, 959.
8. Lukishova, S.G.,Minhuey-Mendez, N.R.,&Tulajkova, T.V. (1994). Kvantovaya Elektronika, 21, 126;
9. (1994). Quant. Electron., 24, 117.
10. Lukishova, S.G., Chetkin, S.A., Mettus, N.V., & Magulariya, E.A. (1996). Kvantovaya Elektronika, 23, 1040;
11. (1996). Quant. Electron., 26, 1014.
12. Lukishova, S.G., Boyd, R.W., Shen, Y.-R. (2009). Preface. In: S.G. Lukishova, R.W. Boyd, & Y.-R. Shen (Eds.), Self-focusing: Past and Present. Fundamentals and Prospects, Springer Series: Topics in Applied Physics, vol. 114, Springer: NY, pp. V-XVIII.
13. Lee, J.-C. Jacobs, S.D., Gunderman, T., Schmid, A., Kessler, T.J., & Skeldon, M.D. (1990). Opt. Lett., 15, 959.
14. Lee, J.-C., Jacobs, S.D., & Gingold, R.J. (1987). Proc. SPIE, 824, 7.
15. Lee, J.-C., Jacobs, S.D., & Schmid, A.W. (1987). Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 150b, 617.
16. Lee, J.-C., Schmid, A.W., & Jacobs, S.D. (1989). Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 166, 253.
17. Lee, J.-C., & Jacobs, S.D. (1990).J. Appl. Phys., 68, 6523.
18. Lee, J.-C., Kelly, J.H., Smith, D.L., & Jacobs, S.D. (1988). IEEE J. Quant. Electron., 24, 2238.
19. Schmid, A.W. private communication.
20. Lukishova, S.G., Schmid, A.W., Knox, R.P., Freivald, P., McNamara, A., Boyd, R.W., Stroud, C.R., Jr., & Marshall, K.L. (2006). Molec. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 454, 1-14.
21. Lukishova, S.G., Schmid, A.W., McNamara, A.J., Boyd, R.W., & Stroud, C.R. (2003). IEEE J. Select. Top. Quantum Electron., 9(6), 1512.
22. Lukishova, S.G., Schmid, A.W., Supranowitz, Ch.M., Lippa, N., McNamara, A.J., Boyd, R.W., & Stroud, C.R., Jr. (2004).J. Mod. Opt., 51(9-10), 1535.
23. Bissell, L.J. (2011). Experimental Realization of Efficient, Room-Temperature Single-Photon Sources with Definite Circular and Linear Polarizations, Ph.D. Thesis, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY.
24. Winful, H.G. (1982). Phys. Rev. Lett., 49, 1179.
25. Becker, R.S., Chakravorti, S., & Das, S. (1989).J. Chem. Phys., 90, 2802.
26. Espinet, H., Lesieski, M., Ramsburg, M., & Jenkins, D. (1986).J. Appl. Phys., 59, 1386.
27. Lukishova, S.G.,Magulariya, E.A., & Lebedev, K.S. (1995). Izvestiya Akademii Nauk Seriya Fizicheskaya, 59, 130;
28. (1995). Bulletin Russian Acad. Sci., Phys., 59, 2086.
29. Lukishova, S.G., Lebedev, K.S., Magulariya, E.A., Belyaev, S.V., Malimonenko, N.V., & Schmid, A.W. (1996). JETP Lett., 63, 423.
30. Lukishova, S.G., Belyaev, S.V., Lebedev, K.S., Magulariya, E.A., Schmid, A.W., & Malimonenko, N.V. (1996). Kvantovaya Elektronika, 23, 817;
31. (1996). Quantum Electron., 26, 796.
32. Lukishova, S.G., Belyaev, S.V., Lebedev, K.S., Magulariya, E.A., Schmid, A.W., & Malimonenko, N.V. (1997). Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 303, 79.
33. Lukishova, S.G. (2000).J. Nonl. Opt. Phys. & Mater., 9(N 3), 365.
34. Grebe, D., Macdonald, R., & Eichler, H.J. (1996). Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 282, 309.
35. Blinov, L.M., & Palto, S.P. (2009). Liquid Crystals, 36, 1037.
36. Gennes, P.G. de. (1974). The Physics of Liquid Crystals, Clarendon Press: Oxford.
37. Blinov, L.M. (1983). Electro-Optical and Magneto-Optical Properties of Liquid Crystals, John Wiley & Sons: New York.
38. Blinov, L.M., & Chigrinov, V.G. (1992). Electrooptic Effects in Liquid Crystal Materials, Springer Verlag: New York.
39. Blinov, L.M., Belyaev, S.V., & Kisel, V.A. (1978). Phys. Lett., A 65, 33.
40. Belyaev, S.V., & Blinov, L.M. (1979). JETP Lett., 30, 99.
41. Deeg, F.W., & Fayer, M.D. (1989).J. Chem. Phys., 91, 2269.
42. Durbin, S.D., & Shen, Y.R. (1984). Phys. Rev., A 30, 1419.
43. Macdonald, R., & Eichler, H.E. (1995). Appl. Phys., B 60, 543.
44. Macdonald, R., & Eichler, H.E. (1998). In: S. Elston & R. Sambles (Eds.), The Optics of Thermotropic Liquid Crystals, Taylor & Francis: London, p. 137.
45. Eichler, H.J., Macdonald, R., & Trosken, B. (1993). Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 231, 1.
46. Khoo, I.-C.(1995). Liquid Crystals, Physical Properties and Nonlinear Optical Phenomena, John Wiley & Sons: New York.
47. Khoo, I.-C., & Wu, S.-T. (1993). Optics and Nonlinear Optics of Liquid Crystals, World Scientifc: Singapore.
48. Khoo, I.C. (1999).J. Nonlin. Opt. Mat., 8, 305.
49. Soileau, M.J., Van Stryland, E.W., Guha, S., Sharp, E.J.,Wood, G.L., & Pohlmann, J.L.W. (1987). Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 143, 139.
50. Soileau, M.J., Guha, S., Williams, W.E., Van Stryland, E.W., Vanherzeele, H., Pohlmann, J.L.W., Sharp, E.J., & Wood, G. (1985). Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 127, 321.
51. Hochbaum, A., Fergason, J.L., & Buck, J.D. (1992). Proc. SPIE, 1692, 96.
52. Hochbaum, A., Hsu, Y.Y., & Fergason, J.L. (1994). Proc. SPIE, 2229, 48.
53. McEwan, K., & Hollins, R.C. (1994). Proc. SPIE, 2229, 122.
54. McEwan, K.J., & Hollins, R.C. (1995).J. Nonlin. Opt. Phys. Mat., 4, 245.
55. Yuan, H.J., Li, L., & Palffy-Muhoray, P. (1991). Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 199, 223.
56. Palffy-Muhoray, P., Yuan, H.J., Li, L., Lee, M.A., DeSalvo, J.R., Wei, T.H., Sheik-Bahae, M., Hagan, D.J., & Van Stryland, E.W. (1991). Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 207, 291.
57. Kosa, T., Dogariu, A., Palffy-Muhoray, P., & Van Stryland, E.W. (1995). Opt. Soc. Am. Tech. Dig. Ser., 21, 57.
58. Zhao, W., & Palffy-Muhoray, P. (1994). Appl. Phys. Lett., 65, 673.
59. Palffy-Muhoray, P., Wei, T., & Zhao, W. (1994). Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 251, 19.
60. Li, L., Yuan, H.J., Hu, G., & Palffy-Muhoray, P. (1994). Liq. Cryst., 16, 703.
61. Brochard, P., Grolier-Mazza, V., & Cabanel, R. (1997).J. Opt. Soc. Am., B14, 405.
62. Kovsh, D.I., Yang, S., Hagan, D.J., & Van Stryland, E.W. (1999). Appl. Opt., 38, 5168.
63. Kovsh, D.I., Hagan, D.J., & Van Stryland, E.W. (1999). Opt. Express, 4, 315.
64. Lukishova, G. (1999). Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 331, 2469.
65. Sheik-Bahae, M., Said, A.A., Wei, T.-H., Hagan, D.J., & Van Stryland, E.W. (1990). IEEE J. Quantum Electron., 26, 760.
66. Palffy-Muhoray, P. (1990). In: B. Bahadur (Ed.), Liquid Crystals: Applications and Uses, World Scientific: Singapore, Vol. 1, 493.
67. Horn, R.G. (1978).J. Physique, 39, 105.
68. Volterra, V., & Wiener-Avnear, E. (1974). Opt. Comm., 12, 194.
69. Wang, P., Zhang, H., & Dai, J. (1988). Opt. Lett., 13, 479.
70. Bloisi, F., Vicari, L., Simoni, F., Cipparone, G., & Umeton, C. (1988).J. Opt. Soc. Am., B5, 2462.
71. Lukishova, S.G. (1999). Proc. SPIE, 3798, 128.
72. Lukishova, S.G. (1999). Opt. Soc. Am. Tech. Dig. QELS'99, 126.
73. Marinelli, M., Mercuri, F., Zammit, U., & Scudieri, F. (1998). Phys. Rev., E 58, 5860.
74. Umeton, C., Cipparrone, G., & Simoni, F. (1986). Opt. Quantum Electron., 18, 312.
75. Lukishova, S.G., Lepeshkin, N., Boyd, R.W., & Marshall, K. (2006). Molec. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 453, 393.
76. Lukishova, S.G., Boyd, R.W., Lepeshkin, N., & Marshal, K.L. (2002).J. Nonl. Opt. Phys. & Mater., 11, 341.
77. Baals, D.R., & Hess, S. (1985).Z. Naturforsch., 40a, 3.
78. Elscher, R., Macdonald, R., Eichler, H.J., Hess, S., & Sonnet, A.M. (1999). Phys. Rev., E 60, 1792.
79. Khoo, I.C., Lindquist, R.G., Michael, R.R., Mansfield, R.J., & LoPresti, P. (1991).J. Appl. Phys., 69, 3853.
80. Eichler, H.J., & Macdonald, R. (1991). Phys. Rev. Lett., 67, 2666.
81. Akopyan, R.S., Zel'dovich, B. Ya., & Tabiryan, N.V. (1994). Tech. Phys., 38, 493.
82. Glorieux, C., Nelson, K.A., Hinze, G., & Fayer, M.D. (2002).J. Chem. Phys., 116, 3384.
83. Voloschenko, D., & Lavrentovich, O.D. (1999).J. Appl. Phys., 86, 4843.
84. Walls, D.F., & Milburn, G.F. (1995). Quantum Optics, Springer Verlag: Berlin, NY.
85. Knill, E., Laflamme, R., & Milburn, G.J. (2001). Nature, 409, 46.
86. Lukishova, S.G., Schmid, A.W., Knox, R., Freivald, P., Bissell, L., Boyd, R.W., Stroud, C.R., Jr., & Marshall, K.L. (2007).J. Mod. Opt., 54(2 & 3), 417.
87. Lukishova, S.G., Bissell, L.J., Menon, V.M., Valappil, N., Hahn, M.A., Evans, C.M., Zimmerman, B., Krauss, T.D., Stroud, C.R., Jr., & Boyd, R.W. (2009).J. Mod. Opt., 56(2 & 3), 167.
88. Lukishova, S.G., Bissell, L.J., Stroud, C.R., Jr., & Boyd, R.W. (2010). Optics and Spectroscopy, 108, 417.
89. Yamamoto, Y., Santori, Ch., Vuskovic, J., Fattal, D., Waks, E., & Diamanti, E. (2005). Progr. Informatics, 2005(1), 5.
90. Kopp, V.I., Fan, B., Vithana, H.K.M., & Genack, A.Z. (1998). Opt. Lett., 23, 1707.
91. Il'chishin, I., Tikhonov, E., Tishchenko, V., & Shpak, M.(1978). JETP Lett., 32, 24.
92. Palffy-Muhoray, P., Cao, W., Moreira, M., Taheri, B., & Munoz, A. (2006). Phil. Transact. A Math. Phys. Eng. Sci., 364, 2747.
93. Coles, H., & Morris, S. (2010). Nature Photonics, 4, 678.
94. Blinov, L.M., & Bartolino, R. (Eds.). (2010). Liquid Crystal Microlasers, Transworld Res. Network: Trivandrum.
95. Chilaya, G., Chanishvili, A., Petriashvili, G., Barberi, R., De Santo, M.P., & Matranga, M.A. (2011). Scient. Research, Materials Sciences and Applications, 2, 116.
96. Dolgaleva, K., Wei, S.K.H., Lukishova, S.G., Chen, S.-H., Schwertz, K., & Boyd, R.W. (2008). JOSA B, 25, 1496.
97. Wei, S.K.H., Chen, S.H., Dolgaleva, K., Lukishova, S.G., & Boyd, R.W. (2009). Appl. Phys. Lett., 94, 041111.
98. Huang, H., Dorn, A., Bulovic, V., & Bawendi, M. (2007). Appl. Phys. Lett., 90, 023110.
99. Lukishova, S.G., Bissell, L.J., Winkler, J., Stroud, C.R., Jr., & Boyd, R.W. (2011). International Conference on Quantum Information, Ottawa, 6-8 June 2011, OSA Technical Digest (CD), paper QWD3.
100. Bissell, L.J., Lukishova, S.G., & Stroud, C.R., Jr. (2011). Conference on Lasers and Electro Optics (CLEO), Baltimore, May 2011, OSA Technical Digest (CD), paper JTuI38.
101. Lukishova, S.G., Bissell, L.J., Winkler, J., & Stroud, C.R., Jr. (2012). Opt. Lett., 37, 1259-1261.
102. Lukishova, S.G., & Schmid, A.W. (2006). Molec. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 454, 15-21.
103. Srinivasarao, M., Collings, D., Philips, A., & Patel, S. (2001). Science, 292, 79.
104. Golovataya, N.M., Kurik, M.V., & Lavrentovich, O.D. (1990). Liquid Cryst., 7, 287.
105. Widawski, G., Rawiso, M., & Francois, B. (1994). Nature, 369, 387.