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  • Vol. 6, Iss. 9 — Sep. 1, 1981
  • pp: 411–413

Laser-induced diffraction rings from a nematic-liquid-crystal film

S. D. Durbin, S. M. Arakelian, and Y. R. Shen  »View Author Affiliations


Optics Letters, Vol. 6, Issue 9, pp. 411-413 (1981)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.6.000411


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Abstract

Multiple diffraction rings appear as a cw laser beam passes through a homeotropic nematic film. The phenomenon is shown to be the result of spatial self-phase modulation that is due to the laser-induced Freedericksz transition.

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S. D. Durbin, S. M. Arakelian, and Y. R. Shen, "Laser-induced diffraction rings from a nematic-liquid-crystal film," Opt. Lett. 6, 411-413 (1981)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ol/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-6-9-411

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