ISSN:
1089-7550
Source:
AIP Digital Archive
Topics:
Physics
Notes:
We present the analysis of experimental results on second-harmonic generation in a novel ferroelectric liquid crystal (FLC) material, o- nitroalkoxyphenyl biphenylcarboxylate 1, synthesized specifically for large nonlinear coefficients. All nonzero dij coefficients have been measured, with the largest being d22 = 0.6 ± 0.3 pm/V. Relative values of refractive indices are also given suggesting uniaxial optical properties with large birefringence (nz − nx≈ 0.20 at λ=1.064 μm). This material demonstrates the flexibility of FLC molecular synthesis to form thermodynamically stable macroscopically aligned materials for second-order nonlinear optics applications.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.350330
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