• DocumentCode
    520809
  • Title

    Slow light birefringence in liquid crystal light valves

  • Author

    Residori, S. ; Bortolozzo, U. ; Huignard, J.P.

  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    16-21 May 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    By performing two-beam coupling experiments in a liquid crystal light-valve, we show that when slow-light occurs in anisotropic media a large difference of the group index result for orthogonal polarization states of the input pulse.
  • Keywords
    Anisotropic magnetoresistance; Birefringence; Holographic optical components; Laser excitation; Liquid crystals; Optical interferometry; Optical polarization; Slow light; Valves; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-890-2
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-890-2
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5500410