Laser-Induced Optical Birefringence In Molecular Liquids

Zdzislaw BIaszczak; PaweI Gauden

doi:10.1117/12.943355

19 October 1987 Laser-Induced Optical Birefringence In Molecular Liquids

Zdzislaw BIaszczak, PaweI Gauden

Proceedings Volume 0859, Laser Technology II; (1987) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.943355
Event: Second Symposium on Laser Technology, 1987, Warsaw, Poland

Abstract

An experimental study has been performed of the laser-induced optical birefringence in two different classes of molecular liquids: cyclic alkanes and aromatic-aliphatic ethers. The results obtained enabled the authors to calculate numerically the optical and molar Kerr constants as well as the effective optical polarizability of the molecules. The analysis of our results allowed us moreover to ascertain the predominant role of molecular orientation in the induced optical birefringence in the case of the aromatic ethers, and the existence of weak molecular interaction in the cyclic alkanes studied.

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Zdzislaw BIaszczak and PaweI Gauden "Laser-Induced Optical Birefringence In Molecular Liquids", Proc. SPIE 0859, Laser Technology II, (19 October 1987); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.943355

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