Title :
Nonlinear propagation, optical limiting and stimulated scattering in liquid crystalline fibers
Author :
Khoo, I.C. ; Li, K. ; Liang, Y. ; LoPresti, P.
Author_Institution :
Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA, USA
Abstract :
Summary form only given. Liquid crystals in their various ordered and disordered phases have been shown to possess large optical nonlinearities over a wide temporal [CW to picosecond] and spectral [visible to infrared] ranges. Consequently, a whole range of nonlinear optical phenomena has been observed in liquid crystalline systems. In this paper, we report our recent successful fabrication of liquid crystalline cored optical fibers, and the observations of several nonlinear optical phenomena with greatly lowered threshold powers
Keywords :
limiters; liquid crystals; nonlinear optics; optical fibre fabrication; stimulated Brillouin scattering; stimulated scattering; disordered phases; fabrication; liquid crystalline cored optical fibers; liquid crystalline fibers; liquid crystalline systems; nonlinear optical phenomena; nonlinear propagation; optical limiting; optical nonlinearities; ordered phases; stimulated scattering; Crystallization; Fiber nonlinear optics; Infrared spectra; Liquid crystals; Nonlinear optics; Optical device fabrication; Optical fibers; Optical propagation; Optical scattering; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1993. LEOS '93 Conference Proceedings. IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1263-5
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1993.379104
