Ferroelectricity in liquid crystals probed by second harmonic generation

Author

Fokin, Yu.G. ; Murzina, T.V. ; Aktsipetrov, O.A. ; Soria, S. ; Marowsky, G.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., Moscow State Univ., Russia

fYear

2002

fDate

24-24 May 2002

Abstract

Summary form only given. Ferroelectric liquid crystals (FLC) attract significant attention as promising materials for different applications and rare examples of two-dimensional (2D) ferroelectrics. It has been shown previously that a nonlinear optical probe of second harmonic generation (SHG) can be applied to study the structure and switching behaviour of FLC. In this study, ferroelectric properties and switching behaviour of thin planar FLC cells were studied using electrooptic (EO), SHG intensity and interferometry measurements.

Keywords

electro-optical effects; ferroelectric liquid crystals; ferroelectric switching; light interferometry; molecular orientation; optical harmonic generation; 2D ferroelectrics; FLC; FLC structure; FLC switching; SHG intensity; electrooptic measurements; ferroelectric liquid crystals; ferroelectric properties; interferometry; second harmonic generation; thin planar FLC cells; Absorption; Ferroelectric materials; Frequency conversion; Laser theory; Liquid crystals; Optical harmonic generation; Optical interferometry; Physics; Power generation; Wavelength measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2002. CLEO '02. Technical Digest. Summaries of Papers Presented at the

Conference_Location

Long Beach, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-706-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2002.1034025

Filename

1034025