Dynamic polarization switching and stimulated orientational scattering in nematic liquid crystals

Michael V. Stinger; Andres Diaz; Justin D. Liou; Iam-choon Khoo

doi:10.1117/12.732419

Dynamic polarization switching and stimulated orientational scattering in nematic liquid crystals

Michael V. Stinger, Andres Diaz, Justin D. Liou, Iam-choon Khoo

Materials Research Institute (MRI)

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Abstract

Stimulated Orientational Scattering (SOS) uses the angular reorientation of the director axis in liquid crystals to produce cross-polarized light amplification. Akin to photorefractivity, SOS uses grating formation and the resulting phasematching to scatter incident radiation into a coherent, cross-polarized signal beam. This paper provides a brief review of the theory underlying SOS, a discussion of the simulation of SOS dynamics, and empirical results of the SOS effect acting in a thin film (300 μm) planar sample of the liquid crystal E7 induced by an Argon ion laser at a wavelength of 488 nm.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Liquid Crystals XI
Volume	6654
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.732419
State	Published - Dec 1 2007
Event	Liquid Crystals XI - San Diego, CA, United States Duration: Aug 26 2007 → Aug 28 2007

Other

Other	Liquid Crystals XI
Country	United States
City	San Diego, CA
Period	8/26/07 → 8/28/07

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All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Computer Science Applications
Applied Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Stinger, M. V., Diaz, A., Liou, J. D., & Khoo, I. (2007). Dynamic polarization switching and stimulated orientational scattering in nematic liquid crystals. In Liquid Crystals XI (Vol. 6654). [66540S] https://doi.org/10.1117/12.732419

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