Nonlinear optical properties of composites based on conductive metal-alkanoate liquid crystals

• Autorzy: Bugaychuk, S. , Klimusheva, G. , Garbovskiy, Y. , Mirnaya, T. , Ischenko, A.
• Konferencja: International Workshop on Liquid Crystals for Photonic ; (26-28.04.2006 ; Gent, Belgium)
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

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The dynamic holography in new composite materials based on a novel class of metal-alkanoate ionic liquid crystals (ILCs) is studied experimentally and theoretically. The composites are formed as a dielectric dye film covered by lyotropic metal-alkanoate ILC and ionic smectic glasses with doped dye molecules. The dynamic gratings are created by nanosecond pulses of double frequency Nd:YAP laser, the recording demonstrates fast erasure time of residual thermal gratings. The nonlinear optical properties are determined by the resonance nonlinearity in photosensitive centres of ILC. Note, that permanent relief gratings will be formed on a dielectric dye film only as well as in composite cells either with nematic LC or with polymers under action of pulsed laser radiation. Lyotropic ILC layer applied over the dye film provides the dynamic regime of grating recording in composite cells. We found a secondary thermal grating is much smaller, the conductive ILC matrix provides effective heat dissipation and erasure of this thermal grating. A theory of Raman-Nath self-diffraction holography on thin films followed from the wave equation and the nonlinear mechanism of absorption saturation is developed to explain experimental results.

Słowa kluczowe

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ionic liquid crystals; dynamic holographic recording; composites

• Czasopismo: Opto-Electronics Review
• Rocznik: 2006
• Tom: Vol. 14, No. 4
• Strony: 275-279
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 11 poz.

Twórcy

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Bugaychuk, S.

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Klimusheva, G.

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Garbovskiy, Y.

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Mirnaya, T.

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Ischenko, A.

• Institute of Physics, 46 Nauki Str., 03-028 Kiev, Ukraine,

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