SELF-INDUCED OPTICAL GRATINGS IN NEMATIC LIQUID-CRYSTALS WITH A FEEDBACK MIRROR

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作者
MACDONALD, R
DANLEWSKI, H
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[1] Optisches Institut, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, 10623
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10.1364/OL.20.000441
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
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Spontaneous transverse one-dimensional optical grating formation has been observed in slightly asymmetric single-feedback mirror experiments using nematic liquid crystals as nonlinear optical media. It is shown that weak asymmetries can be compensated by increasing the intensity and transition from one-dimensional gratings to two-dimensional patterns.
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