Polarizational nonlinear optical response of photonic structures with a liquid crystal defect
Date
2009-02-15
Authors
Brasselet, Etienne
Chen, Deng Feng
Krolikowski, Wieslaw
Miroshnichenko, Andrey
Kivshar, Yuri
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Optical Society of America
Abstract
We demonstrate experimentally that a one-dimensional photonic crystal with a homeotropic nematic liquid
crystal defect behaves as a polarization-sensitive nonlinear all-optical device. We study statics and dynamics
of the nonlinear optical response for linearly and circularly polarized beams and show enhanced light sensitivity
and polarization self-modulation effects.
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one-dimensional, photonic, crystal, homeotropic, nematic, liquid, polarization-sensitive, nonlinear, all-optical
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Optics Letters
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Open Access