Published January 1997
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Journal article
Dye-Induced Enhancement of Optical Nonlinearity in Liquids and Liquid Crystals
Creators
- 1. Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720-7300 (United States)
Description
Optical nonlinearity of liquid crystals (LC) in the isotropic phase can be enhanced by 1 order of magnitude by dissolving 0.1% of anthraquinone dye in the LC. The enhancement decreases by ∼30% when the LC transforms into the nematic phase. The same guest-host effect also exists in non-LC liquids. It can be explained by a model based on the change of guest-host interaction induced by optical excitations of the dye. copyright 1996 The American Physical Society
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physical Review Letters
- Journal Volume
- 78
- Journal Issue
- 1
- Journal Page Range
- p. 42-45.
- ISSN
- 0031-9007
- CODEN
- PRLTAO
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 28032835
- Subject category
- S75: CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- ANTHRAQUINONES; DYES; EXCITATION; LIQUID CRYSTALS; LIQUIDS; NONLINEAR OPTICS
- Descriptors DEC
- AROMATICS; CRYSTALS; ENERGY-LEVEL TRANSITIONS; FLUIDS; OPTICS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; QUINONES