ISSN:
1432-0649
Keywords:
42.65.Ky
;
61.3.Eb
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Physics
Notes:
Abstract We report on a novel ferroelectric liquid-crystal material with an exceptionally large and stable nonlinear optical response. The material shows a phase transition from theSmC* mesophase to the glassy state near room temperature. This allowed us to state-freeze a stable nonlinear optically active configuration close to room temperature at 10° C for one day. The stored orientations can easily be forced to relax back by heating slightly above the glass-transition temperature. The material and the freezing process have been characterized in detail by analyzing the frequency-doubling process of the fundamental radiation of a Nd: YAG laser in the liquid crystal. Under favourable conditions, we obtained second-order susceptibilities as large as χzzz = 0.5 pm/V.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01081178
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