PICOSECOND 3RD-ORDER NONLINEAR OPTICAL SUSCEPTIBILITY IN NEMATIC LIQUID-CRYSTALS Academic Article

abstract

• We have measured the tensor components c1111 and c 1221 of third-order nonlinear optical susceptibility of two nematic liquid crystals, MBBA (p-methoxy-benzylidene p-n-butylaniline) and EBBA (p-ethoxy-benzylidene p-n-butylaniline), in the picosecond regime. We observed that the molecule with ethoxy group (EBBA) has a larger third-order nonlinearity than the one with methoxy group (MBBA) and present a model to explain this effect.

authors

• Rentzepis, Peter

published proceedings

• JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

author list (cited authors)

• JIANG, J. P., & RENTZEPIS, P. M.

citation count

• 4

complete list of authors

• JIANG, JP||RENTZEPIS, PM

publication date

• November 1991

publisher

• AIP Publishing  Publisher

published in

• Journal of Applied Physics  Journal

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1063/1.348985

start page

• 5125

end page

• 5127

volume

• 70

issue

• 9

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.348985