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Simulation of photorefractive effect in thin liquid crystal film

Simulation of photorefractive effect in thin liquid crystal film
Simulation of photorefractive effect in thin liquid crystal film
We study the photorefractive effect in a thin liquid crystal grating by numerical simulation. The cell consists of homeotropically aligned liquid crystal film sandwiched between photo-conductive electrodes. A constant voltage is applied across the cell. The interference pattern from two impinging laser beams then causes a periodic modulation of the potential at the top and bottom surfaces of the liquid crystal cell. We compare results obtained by simulation with an analytical approach which uses the Geometrical Optics Approximation. The results show good agreement between these two methods
liquid crystals, non-linear optics, photorefraction
1542-1406
204-213
Kubytskyi, V.O
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Reshetnyak, V.Y.
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Sluckin, T.J.
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Cox, S.J.
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Kubytskyi, V.O
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Reshetnyak, V.Y.
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Sluckin, T.J.
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Cox, S.J.
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Kubytskyi, V.O, Reshetnyak, V.Y., Sluckin, T.J. and Cox, S.J. (2008) Simulation of photorefractive effect in thin liquid crystal film. Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, 489, 204-213. (doi:10.1080/15421400802219320).

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We study the photorefractive effect in a thin liquid crystal grating by numerical simulation. The cell consists of homeotropically aligned liquid crystal film sandwiched between photo-conductive electrodes. A constant voltage is applied across the cell. The interference pattern from two impinging laser beams then causes a periodic modulation of the potential at the top and bottom surfaces of the liquid crystal cell. We compare results obtained by simulation with an analytical approach which uses the Geometrical Optics Approximation. The results show good agreement between these two methods

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Published date: September 2008
Keywords: liquid crystals, non-linear optics, photorefraction

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Local EPrints ID: 79823
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/79823
ISSN: 1542-1406
PURE UUID: 23ed8c1c-fd91-4573-ba3b-1784161b7464
ORCID for T.J. Sluckin: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-9163-0061

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Date deposited: 22 Mar 2010
Last modified: 14 Mar 2024 02:31

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Author: V.O Kubytskyi
Author: V.Y. Reshetnyak
Author: T.J. Sluckin ORCID iD
Author: S.J. Cox

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