Abstract
We present a detailed theory for and experimental studies of the mechanisms, the dynamics, and the temperature dependences of optical nonlinearities of nematic liquid crystals in the infrared regime. Material characterizations have been conducted on a collection of nematic liquid crystals having various nematic → isotropic transition temperature and absorption characteristics in the 2-12-μm spectral area. Optical wave mixing experiments are performed to evaluate the relative contributions of orientational and thermal nonlinearities using CO and CO2 lasers.
© 1989 Optical Society of America
PDF ArticleMore Like This
H. J. EICHLER and R. MACDONALD
THB2 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO:S&I) 1989
I. C. KHOO, PING ZHOU, R. R. MICHAEL, R. G. LINDQUIST, R. MANSFIELD, and P. G. LoPRESTI
TUF2 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO:S&I) 1989
David Armitage
TUM32 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO:S&I) 1983