Excitation of nonlinear surface electromagnetic waves and optical bistability in experiments on a planar liquid crystal system
Sergei M. Arakelyan, Garnik L. Grigoryan, L. M. Kocharyan +2 more
A study was made of resonant excitation of surface plasmons at an interface between a metal and a nematic liquid crystal under conditions of self-interaction of light. The experiments yielded optically bistable characteristics of the intensity of the radiation transmitted by the system in the field of low-power cw laser radiation.
Soviet Journal of Quantum Electronics•Dec 31, 1987•0 citations