Title :
Gratings in liquid crystal golden nanosuspensions due to thermal nonlinearity
Author :
Ouskova, E. ; Lysenko, D. ; Reznikov, Yu. ; Ksiondzyk, S. ; Cseh, L. ; Mehl, G. ; Reshentnyak, V.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Appl. Phys., Aalto Univ., Espoo, Finland
Abstract :
We report on the strong and fast cubic optical nonlinearity in the suspension of nematic LC E7 doped with the spherical mesogen-coated gold NPs.
Keywords :
diffraction gratings; nanoparticles; nonlinear optics; cubic optical nonlinearity; gratings; liquid crystal golden nanosuspensions; spherical mesogen-coated gold NP; thermal nonlinearity; Heating; Mechanical factors; Optical diffraction; Thermal analysis;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE/EQEC), 2011 Conference on and 12th European Quantum Electronics Conference
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0533-5
Electronic_ISBN :
Pending
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE.2011.5942861
