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Optical two-beam coupling for a surface-induced photorefractive effect in undoped liquid crystals

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We report beam-coupling measurements of undoped nematic planar cells, for which the surface-induced photorefractive effect (SIPRE) has been confirmed to be due to photoelectric interface activation. We show that the energy transfer strongly depends on experimental geometry. Diffraction efficiency and beam-coupling analyses suggest that the unusual local and (or) nonlocal behavior can be ascribed to an additional in-phase-modulated longitudinal electric field component, unaccountable by standard photorefractivity. We consider a simple charge distribution model of the SIPRE, which produces a space–charge field having two orthogonal modulated components, in phase and π/2 out of phase. Through the liquid crystal’s electric response, the exploited geometries verify the presence of the two components.

© 2003 Optical Society of America

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