Electric field control of diffraction and noise in dye-doped liquid crystals
Electric field control of diffraction and noise in dye-doped liquid crystals
We present results on permanent gratings in highly dye-doped liquid crystal cells without polymer coatings of the cells' surfaces. The surface-mediated gratings remain in cells for months without degradation of their quality. The peak diffraction efficiency can be controlled, enhanced or decreased, by applying low voltage AC field. At low frequencies, below 1 Hz, the diffracted signal can modulated by the AC field, but the time development of the signal shows a complex response. The enhancement of diffraction can be, however, observed at all frequencies we tested (0.1 Hz – 300 kHz). The permanent gratings cannot be removed by heating above the liquid crystal phase transition temperature as on cooling the diffraction efficiency is restored.
reorientation, permanent grating, dye doped liquid crystals, surface anchoring
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Kaczmarek, M.
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Cudney, R.S.
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Tatarkova, S.A.
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2001
Kaczmarek, M.
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Cudney, R.S.
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Tatarkova, S.A.
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Kaczmarek, M., Cudney, R.S. and Tatarkova, S.A.
(2001)
Electric field control of diffraction and noise in dye-doped liquid crystals.
Nonlinear Optics, 27, .
Abstract
We present results on permanent gratings in highly dye-doped liquid crystal cells without polymer coatings of the cells' surfaces. The surface-mediated gratings remain in cells for months without degradation of their quality. The peak diffraction efficiency can be controlled, enhanced or decreased, by applying low voltage AC field. At low frequencies, below 1 Hz, the diffracted signal can modulated by the AC field, but the time development of the signal shows a complex response. The enhancement of diffraction can be, however, observed at all frequencies we tested (0.1 Hz – 300 kHz). The permanent gratings cannot be removed by heating above the liquid crystal phase transition temperature as on cooling the diffraction efficiency is restored.
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Published date: 2001
Keywords:
reorientation, permanent grating, dye doped liquid crystals, surface anchoring
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Local EPrints ID: 15134
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/15134
ISSN: 1058-7268
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