Abstract
Hybrid materials, fabricated by combining liquid crystals with ferroelectric, inorganic nanoparticles, show improved photorefractive response. Three-fold increase in dielectric anisotropy and optical anisotropy was measured, as well as significant improvement in two-beam coupling gain.
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