Infrared Optical Wave Mixing And Beam Amplification With Liquid Crystal Nonlinearity

I. C. Khoo; G. M. Finn; T. H. Liu; P. Y. Yan; R. R. Michael

doi:10.1117/12.941956

4 February 1988 Infrared Optical Wave Mixing And Beam Amplification With Liquid Crystal Nonlinearity

I. C. Khoo, G. M. Finn, T. H. Liu, P. Y. Yan, R. R. Michael

Proceedings Volume 0824, Advances in Nonlinear Polymers and Inorganic Crystals, Liquid Crystals and Laser Media; (1988) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.941956
Event: 31st Annual Technical Symposium on Optical and Optoelectronic Applied Sciences and Engineering, 1987, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

We present a detailed theory and experimental study of infrared optical wave mixing based on thermal nonlinearity in nematic liquid crystal films. Because of the longer wavelength of infrared laser, lower scattering loss, transparency and other unique physical characteristics, very efficient degenerate optical wave mixing effects can be realized in nematic liquid crystal films. Applications to fairly fast (submillisecond) phase conjugations, beam and image amplification and self-pumped phase conjugation are also discussed.

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I. C. Khoo, G. M. Finn, T. H. Liu, P. Y. Yan, and R. R. Michael "Infrared Optical Wave Mixing And Beam Amplification With Liquid Crystal Nonlinearity", Proc. SPIE 0824, Advances in Nonlinear Polymers and Inorganic Crystals, Liquid Crystals and Laser Media, (4 February 1988); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.941956

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