Abstract

A quantitative discussion of the laser-heating-induced self-phase modulation in nematic liquid crystals is given. The process of the laser-heating-induced nematic–isotropic transition is analyzed. The intrinsic optical bistability due to the nematic–isotropic phase transition is observed and analyzed.

© 1988 Optical Society of America

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