Opto-optical modulation in N-( p-Methoxybenzylidene)-p-butylaniline
Abstract
A method of opto-optical modulation in liquid crystals is reported. An Ar(plus)-laser beam is employed to modulate a second He-Ne laser. The highest frequency achieved was 1500 pulses per second with input modulating powers smaller than 10 mW. A homeotropic N-(p-methoxybenzylidene)-p-butylaniline liquid-crystal cell was employed as the nonlinear medium.
- Publication:
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Optics Letters
- Pub Date:
- December 1982
- DOI:
- 10.1364/OL.7.000590
- Bibcode:
- 1982OptL....7..590M
- Keywords:
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- Crystal Optics;
- Helium-Neon Lasers;
- Light Modulation;
- Liquid Crystals;
- Nonlinear Optics;
- Aniline;
- Argon Lasers;
- Laser Materials;
- Pulse Rate;
- Pulsed Lasers;
- Lasers and Masers