Nematic liquid crystal alignment and nonlinear diffraction with sub-wavelength surface gratings

I. C. Khoo, Min Yi Shih, P. H. Chen, M. V. Wood, Zhaoning Yu, Stephen Y. Chou

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Abstract

Preliminary attempts at aligning nematic liquid crystals using windows having sub-wavelength surface gratings show that good planar aligned cells can be fabricated. We also demonstrate all-optical nonlinear diffraction effect using methyl-red doped nematic liquid crystal that possess a large intensity refractive index change coefficient.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)29-34
Number of pages6
JournalProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume3800
StatePublished - 1999
Externally publishedYes
EventProceedings of the 1999 Liquid Crystals III - Denver, CO, USA
Duration: Jul 21 1999Jul 22 1999

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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