Optical nonlinearities of liquid crystals controlled by surfaces

Liana Lucchetti; D. Lucchetta; Oriano Francescangeli; Francesco F. Simoni

doi:10.1117/12.447747

8 November 2001 Optical nonlinearities of liquid crystals controlled by surfaces

Liana Lucchetti, D. Lucchetta, Oriano Francescangeli, Francesco F. Simoni

Proceedings Volume 4457, Spatial Light Modulators: Technology and Applications; (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.447747
Event: International Symposium on Optical Science and Technology, 2001, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

We show that light-induced modification of the anchoring conditions can lead to an extraordinarily large optical response in dye-doped nematic liquid crystals. The bulk reorientation due to the collective elastic behavior of the liquid crystal is the origin of the nonlinearity, which occurs without a direct optical torque on the molecular director in the bulk, We call this effect SINE (Surface Induced Nonlinear Effect). These results can also explain the origin of the supra-nonlinear behavior recently observed in the same composites.

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Liana Lucchetti, D. Lucchetta, Oriano Francescangeli, and Francesco F. Simoni "Optical nonlinearities of liquid crystals controlled by surfaces", Proc. SPIE 4457, Spatial Light Modulators: Technology and Applications, (8 November 2001); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.447747

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