Project

Structured laser beam interaction with liquid crystal media

Code

01SF0914

Duration

01 December 2014 → 30 September 2018

Funding

Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund

Promotor

Kristiaan Neyts

Fellow

Varsenik Nersesyan

Research disciplines

Natural sciences
- Optical properties and interactions with radiation
- Soft condensed matter
- Optical physics not elsewhere classified
Engineering and technology
- Nanophotonics
- Sensors, biosensors and smart sensors not elsewhere classified

Keywords

liquid crystal holography non-linearity

Project description

Liquid crystals can be oriented with an electric field or by illumination with an intense laser beam. By illumination with a structured laser beam, it is possible to define a three-dimensional pattern of torques. The reoriented liquid crystal can be used in different applications. For strong beam intensities, additional non-linear interaction with the illumination occurs.