Brasselet, EtienneChen, Deng FengKrolikowski, WieslawMiroshnichenko, AndreyKivshar, Yuri2016-04-042016-04-040146-9592http://hdl.handle.net/1885/100945We 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.This work was supported by Discovery and Centre of Excellence projects of the Australian Research Council and by the France–Australia cooperation project 21337 of CNRS.3 pages© 2009 Optical Society of Americaone-dimensionalphotoniccrystalhomeotropicnematicliquidpolarization-sensitivenonlinearall-opticalPolarizational nonlinear optical response of photonic structures with a liquid crystal defect2009-02-1510.1364/OL.34.0004882016-06-14