Bistable optical propagation in nematic liquid crystals

Armando Piccardi; Alessandro Alberucci; Nina Kravets; Oleksander Buchnev; Malgosia Kaczmarek; Gaetano Assanto

doi:10.1364/NP.2014.NW3A.2

Advanced Photonics
OSA Technical Digest (online) (Optica Publishing Group, 2014),
paper NW3A.2
•https://doi.org/10.1364/NP.2014.NW3A.2

Bistable optical propagation in nematic liquid crystals

Armando Piccardi, Alessandro Alberucci, Nina Kravets, Oleksander Buchnev, Malgosia Kaczmarek, and Gaetano Assanto

Nonlinear Photonics 2014

Barcelona Spain
27–31 July 2014
ISBN: 978-1-55752-820-9

From the session
All-optical Devices and Applications II (NW3A)

Not Accessible

Your library or personal account may give you access

Get PDF
Email
Share
Get Citation
Copy Citation Text
A. Piccardi, A. Alberucci, N. Kravets, O. Buchnev, M. Kaczmarek, and G. Assanto, "Bistable optical propagation in nematic liquid crystals," in Advanced Photonics, OSA Technical Digest (online) (Optica Publishing Group, 2014), paper NW3A.2.

Export Citation
- BibTex
- Endnote (RIS)
- HTML
- Plain Text
Citation alert
Save article

Abstract

We demonstrate bistability when beams propagate and self-focus in nematic liquid crystals. Sample configurations subject to the Fréedericksz threshold support diffracting as well as self-confined beams for the same input power, leading to hysteresis.

PDF Article

More Like This

Two-beam optical bistability in nematic liquid crystals

E. SANTAMATO, G. ABBATE, P. MADDALENA, and A. SASSO
THLL2 International Quantum Electronics Conference (IQEC) 1987

Optically-Induced Bistability in a Nematic Liquid Crystal

Hiap Liew Ong and Robert B. Meyer
ThB4 Optical Bistability (OBI) 1983

Optical Bistability of a Nematic Liquid Crystal with Photorefractively Amplified Feedback

M. Ingold, K. Totland, G. Pauliat, P. Günter, and M. Schadt
E6 Photorefractive Materials, Effects, and Devices II (PR) 1990

Previous Article Next Article