title: Strong optical diffraction in a nematic liquid crystal with high nonlinearity.
abstract: Quantitative results of measurements on multiorder diffraction of light from a laser-induced phase grating in a nematic liquid crystal with high optical nonlinearity are presented. Theoretical calculations using a nonperturbative approach show good agreement with experiment.
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Durbin
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Arakelian
authors.forename: Y R
authors.initials: YR
authors.lastname: Shen