Interferometric analysis of reorientational nonlinear phenomena at 10.6 micron in a nematic liquid crystal (Articolo in rivista)

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  • Interferometric analysis of reorientational nonlinear phenomena at 10.6 micron in a nematic liquid crystal (Articolo in rivista) (literal)
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  • 2003-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 (literal)
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  • Allaria E., Brugioni S., De Nicola S., Ferraro P., Grilli S., Meucci R. (2003)
    Interferometric analysis of reorientational nonlinear phenomena at 10.6 micron in a nematic liquid crystal
    in Applied optics
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  • Allaria E., Brugioni S., De Nicola S., Ferraro P., Grilli S., Meucci R. (literal)
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  • 4827 (literal)
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  • 4834 (literal)
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  • 42 (literal)
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  • Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Cibernetica ‘‘E. Caianiello’’, Comprensorio Olivetti, Via Campi Flegrei 34, 80078 Pozzuoli (NA), Italy Istituto Nazionale di Ottica Applicata, Sezione di Napoli, Comprensorio Olivetti, Via Campi Flegrei 34, 80078 Pozzuoli (NA), Italy (literal)
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  • Interferometric analysis of reorientational nonlinear phenomena at 10.6 micron in a nematic liquid crystal (literal)
Abstract
  • We describe an infrared interferometric technique based on a two-dimensional spatial fringe analysis Fourier method for investigating the characteristic ring diffraction pattern generated by the self-phase-modulation effect induced in nematic liquid crystals (NLCs) by an infrared laser beam and for measuring the nonlinear refractive index of the NLCs. The experimental setup employs a Mach-Zehnder interferometer with a cw CO2 laser emitting at 10.6 mum and a pyroelectric optoelectronic sensor matrix to detect the modulated ring-pattern intensity distribution formed in the far field by a nematic E7 sample. A Fourier-transform-based analysis of the interference fringe pattern allows comparison of the measurements with the theoretical ring-pattern intensity distribution. We show that accurate determination of the nonlinear refractive index can be obtained by analyzing the two-dimensional phase distribution of the modulated ring pattern. (literal)
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