High-efficiency energy transfer due to stimulated orientational scattering of light in nematic liquid crystals
Journal Article
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· Journal of the Optical Society of America B
The saturation stage of stimulated orientational scattering (SOS) of light in thick planarly aligned nematic-liquid-crystal layers was observed and studied experimentally. The power efficiency of o-wave pump conversion exceeded 90%. Both saturation of transmitted pump power and cascading of SOS were observed. The latter indicated that, for higher than {approx}50% conversion efficiencies, inverse conversion of the scattered e-polarized signal into wide-angle speckle, o-polarized background started to take place, leading to partial depletion of the primarily scattered e wave. Results were in good qualitative agreement with conventional SOS theory. {copyright} 2001 Optical Society of America
- Sponsoring Organization:
- (US)
- OSTI ID:
- 40230818
- Journal Information:
- Journal of the Optical Society of America B, Vol. 18, Issue 8; Other Information: Othernumber: JOBPDE000018000008001203000001; 010108JOB; PBD: Aug 2001; ISSN 0740-3224
- Publisher:
- The American Physical Society
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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