Title :
Slow light birefringence in liquid crystal light valves
Author :
Residori, S. ; Bortolozzo, U. ; Huignard, J.P.
Abstract :
By performing two-beam coupling experiments in a liquid crystal light-valve, we show that when slow-light occurs in anisotropic media a large difference of the group index result for orthogonal polarization states of the input pulse.
Keywords :
Anisotropic magnetoresistance; Birefringence; Holographic optical components; Laser excitation; Liquid crystals; Optical interferometry; Optical polarization; Slow light; Valves; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
