Electromagnetic wave beam self - guidance in liquid crystal - semiconductor cell

Authors

  • Andrzej Walczak Military University of Technology

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https://doi.org/10.4302/photon.%20lett.%20pl.v2i2.118

Abstract

A theoretical model and numerical results for a new kind of optical waveguide has been presented. The discussed waveguide is optically self-induced during light beam propagation along the boundary between a liquid crystal and a semiconducting polymer in an electrically driven lc cell. Experimental results obtained earlier are briefly reported here, and the theoretical model is discussed. The exploited liquid crystal was of birefringence close to 0.4. The photorefractive polymer was a poly (N-vinyl) carbazole doped with 2, 4, 7-trinitro-fluorenone.

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2010-06-29

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A. Walczak, “Electromagnetic wave beam self - guidance in liquid crystal - semiconductor cell”, Photonics Lett. Pol., vol. 2, no. 2, pp. pp. 73–75, Jun. 2010.

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Vol. 2 No. 2 (2010)

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