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Optics Letters

Intrinsic optical transistor action in homeotropically aligned nematic crystal films

Enrico Santamato, Y. Ron Shen, Antonio Sasso, Riccardo Bruzzese

Published Jul 1, 1986• 13 citations
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Abstract

We report the observation of intrinsic optical transistor action in a homeotropically aligned nematic liquid-crystal film, resulting from the large nonlinearity associated with the optical Freedericksz transition in the nematic sample. No external feedback is employed.
DOI
10.1364/ol.11.000452

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