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Surface-stabilized holography in an azo-dye-doped liquid crystal

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Chen, AG-S; Brady, DJ
Published in: Opt. Lett. (USA)
2006

Holograms are recorded by a 514-nm laser polarized parallel to the molecular director in an azo-dye-doped nematic liquid crystal. For some surface treatments, the recorded holograms persist in the dark. For glass surfaces, exposure to light polarized normal to the molecular director erases the hologram. The hologram also vanishes when the sample is heated across the nematic to isotropic phase transition but reappears when the sample is cooled back to the nematic phase. The dynamics and strength of this effect depend strongly on the surface treatment of the sample cell

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Opt. Lett. (USA)

Publication Date

2006

Volume

17

Issue

17

Start / End Page

1231 / 1233

Related Subject Headings

  • Optics
  • 5102 Atomic, molecular and optical physics
  • 4009 Electronics, sensors and digital hardware
  • 4006 Communications engineering
  • 0906 Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • 0206 Quantum Physics
  • 0205 Optical Physics
 

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Chen, A.-S., & Brady, D. J. (2006). Surface-stabilized holography in an azo-dye-doped liquid crystal. Opt. Lett. (USA), 17(17), 1231–1233.
Chen, A. G. -. S., and D. J. Brady. “Surface-stabilized holography in an azo-dye-doped liquid crystal.” Opt. Lett. (USA) 17, no. 17 (2006): 1231–33.
Chen AG-S, Brady DJ. Surface-stabilized holography in an azo-dye-doped liquid crystal. Opt Lett (USA). 2006;17(17):1231–3.
Chen, A. G. .. S., and D. J. Brady. “Surface-stabilized holography in an azo-dye-doped liquid crystal.” Opt. Lett. (USA), vol. 17, no. 17, 2006, pp. 1231–33.
Chen AG-S, Brady DJ. Surface-stabilized holography in an azo-dye-doped liquid crystal. Opt Lett (USA). 2006;17(17):1231–1233.

Published In

Opt. Lett. (USA)

Publication Date

2006

Volume

17

Issue

17

Start / End Page

1231 / 1233

Related Subject Headings

  • Optics
  • 5102 Atomic, molecular and optical physics
  • 4009 Electronics, sensors and digital hardware
  • 4006 Communications engineering
  • 0906 Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • 0206 Quantum Physics
  • 0205 Optical Physics