OBSERVATION OF STIMULATED ORIENTATIONAL SCATTERING AND CROSS-POLARIZED SELF-STARTING PHASE-CONJUGATION IN A NEMATIC LIQUID-CRYSTAL FILM

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KHOO, IC
LIANG, Y
LI, H
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[1] Department of Electrical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
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10.1364/OL.20.000130
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
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We have observed stimulated extraordinary-ordinary wave scattering and cross-polarized self-starting optical phase conjugation effects in a nematic liquid-crystal film. The basic mechanism involved is the nonresonant laser-induced nematic crystal axis reorientation. These processes require low optical power and are characterized by millisecond response speed.
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