In:
Applied Physics Letters, AIP Publishing, Vol. 74, No. 23 ( 1999-06-07), p. 3459-3461
Abstract:
Photorefractive Bragg gratings are observed in low-molar-mass nematic liquid crystals doped with electron donor and acceptor molecules. This is accomplished by alignment of the nematic liquid crystals in a 0.3 T magnetic field, which produces thicker homeotropic aligned samples than traditional surfactant techniques. Grating fringe spacings as low as 3.7 μm are achieved with 176-μm-thick samples, producing grating Q values of 33. Up to this point, low molar mass nematic liquid crystals have exhibited photorefractive gratings with Q⩽1. Asymmetric two-beam coupling and photoconductivity experiments are performed to verify the photorefractive origin of the gratings.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0003-6951
,
1077-3118
Language:
English
Publisher:
AIP Publishing
Publication Date:
1999
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