Liquid Crystal Nonlinear Optics
I.C. Khoo
The Pennsylvania State University, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University Park, PA 16802, USA
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A review of liquid crystal nonlinearities and nonlinear optical phenomena observed in all phases of liquid crystals is presented. Recent observation of self-starting optical phase conjugation in nematic liquid crystal is specifically discussed as an example of a novel nonlinear optical phenomenon.
DOI: 10.12693/APhysPolA.86.267
PACS numbers: 42.65.-k, 42.65.Hw, 42.65.Vh, 61.30.-v