Beam coupling in nanotube-doped liquid-crystal films.
Diffraction gratings written in films of nematic liquid crystals doped with multiwall carbon nanotubes were investigated by measurements of exponential beam-coupling coefficients. These phase gratings were induced by the interference modulation of two coherent optical beams, in conjunction with an externally applied dc field. Systematic and consistent results of the gain properties indicate that the bserved coherent-beam amplification depends strongly on the pump-to-probe intensity ratio.
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