Optical nonlinear index coefficient of over 6 cm/sup 2//W in dye-doped nematic liquid crystals

Author

Khoo, I.C. ; Slussarenko, S. ; Guenther, B.D. ; Min-Yi Shih ; Chen, Peng ; Wood, W.V.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA, USA

fYear

1998

fDate

3-8 May 1998

Firstpage

215

Lastpage

216

Abstract

Summary form only given. We have observed an extraordinarily large optically induced refractive index change mechanism in aligned dye-doped nematic liquid crystal film. The effect is potentially useful for developing a new liquid crystal light valve or spatial light modulator, and for applications in other adaptive optics and coherent wave-mixing devices.

Keywords

liquid crystal devices; multiwave mixing; nematic liquid crystals; optical films; organic compounds; refractive index; spatial light modulators; adaptive optics; aligned dye-doped nematic liquid crystal film; coherent wave-mixing devices; dye-doped nematic liquid crystals; extraordinarily large optically induced refractive index change mechanism; liquid crystal light valve; optical nonlinear index coefficient; spatial light modulator; Liquid crystal devices; Liquid crystals; Nonlinear optical devices; Nonlinear optics; Optical films; Optical modulation; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Refractive index; Valves;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1998. CLEO 98. Technical Digest. Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-339-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.1998.676075

Filename

676075