Second harmonic generation in liquid crystals of nonchiral banana-shaped molecules

Florian Kentischer; Rainer Macdonald; P. Warnick; Gerd Heppke; Sebastian Rauch

doi:10.1117/12.279261

30 October 1997 Second harmonic generation in liquid crystals of nonchiral banana-shaped molecules

Florian Kentischer, Rainer Macdonald, P. Warnick, Gerd Heppke, Sebastian Rauch

Proceedings Volume 3143, Liquid Crystals; (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.279261
Event: Optical Science, Engineering and Instrumentation '97, 1997, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

New liquid crystals of nonchiral, banana shaped molecules are investigated by generation of the second harmonic of an optical wave. Symmetry properties of the apparent thermodynamic phases are studied and first quantitative values of the nonlinear optical coefficients are given.

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Florian Kentischer, Rainer Macdonald, P. Warnick, Gerd Heppke, and Sebastian Rauch "Second harmonic generation in liquid crystals of nonchiral banana-shaped molecules", Proc. SPIE 3143, Liquid Crystals, (30 October 1997); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.279261

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