Linear and Nonlinear Optical Effects in Liquid Crystals

该提案旨在研究 在这种情况下，通过外部扰动来改变液晶 普通的激光束。 需要探讨的一个领域涉及 激光诱导分子取向与宏观取向研究 结构转变，高度非线性光波传播， 以及液晶中的激光诱导非线性动力学。 另一 区域集中于液晶特性，例如那些导致 从表面或界面过程，这不能很容易地 用其他技术探测。

This proposal aims to investigate how the optical properties of liquid crystals are modified by external perturbation, in this case by an ordinary laser beam. One area to be explored involves the study of laser-induced molecular reorientation and macroscopic structural transitions, highly nonlinear optical wave propagation, and laser induced nonlinear dynamics in liquid crystals. Another area focuses on liquid crystal properties, such as those resulting from surface or interface processes, that cannot be as easily probed by other techniques.