Efficient nonlinear optical ferroelectric liquid crystals for integrated optics devices

1994 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 387-400 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Schmitt ◽  
C. Benecke ◽  
M. Schadt ◽  
J. Fünfschilling ◽  
R. P. Herr ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystals ◽  
Integrated Optics ◽  
Nonlinear Optical ◽  
Integrated Optics Devices ◽  
Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals

Technique for Measuring Electronic-Based Electro-Optic Coefficients of Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals

1995 ◽  
Vol 392 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth E. Arnett ◽  
David M. Walba ◽  
Joel A. Drewes
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystals ◽  
Optical Materials ◽  
Nonlinear Optical ◽  
Broad Band ◽  
Nonlinear Optical Materials ◽  
Nonlinear Susceptibility ◽  
Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals ◽  
Polar Order ◽  
Electro Optic ◽  
Coefficient Measurement

AbstractAmong soft organic nonlinear optical materials is a class of recently developed: χ(2)_ enhanced ferroelectric liquid crystals (FLCs). The FLC phase nonlinear susceptibility is enhanced by synthesizing onto the molecules constituting the FLC phase a moiety with an increased hyperpolarizability. The hyperpolarizability of the FLC molecules couples into the permanent, thermodynamically stable, polar order of the FLC phase resulting in a material with an enhanced nonlinear susceptibility. Like other soft organics, the linear and nonlinear optical materials characteristics can be altered by chemical synthesis and mixing.We report on our technique to evaluate the nonlinear optical properties of χ(2)-enhanced FLCs by measuring their high-frequency electro-optic r-coefficients. The technique is broad-band, readily allowing electro-optic coefficient measurement between 100 KHz and 200 MHz. Although the experimental geometry is not conducive for practical device application, it offers a compromise between ease of fabrication and magnitude of nonlinear response. This technique can also be used to evaluate other organic materials such as poled polymers.

Integrated Optics Devices Based on Liquid Crystals

2007 ◽  
Vol 465 (1) ◽  
pp. 249-257 ◽  
Author(s):  
Romeo Beccherelli ◽  
Bob Bellini ◽  
Domenico Donisi ◽  
Antonio d'Alessandro
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystals ◽  
Integrated Optics ◽  
Integrated Optics Devices

Nonlinear optical anisotropy associated with polar ordering in ferroelectric liquid crystals

1996 ◽  
Vol 179 (1) ◽  
pp. 231-240 ◽  
Author(s):  
Byoungchoo Park ◽  
Moojong Lim ◽  
Ju-Hyun Lee ◽  
Jae-Hoon Kim ◽  
Sin-Doo Lee
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystals ◽  
Optical Anisotropy ◽  
Nonlinear Optical ◽  
Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals

Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals Designed for Electronic Nonlinear Optical Applications

1991 ◽  
pp. 484-496 ◽  
Author(s):  
David M. Walba ◽  
M. Blanca Ros ◽  
Noel A. Clark ◽  
Renfan Shao ◽  
Kristina M. Johnson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystals ◽  
Nonlinear Optical ◽  
Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals ◽  
Optical Applications ◽  
Nonlinear Optical Applications
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