Laser-heating-induced self-phase modulation, phase transition, and bistability in nematic liquid crystals.
A quantitative discussion of the laser-heating-induced self-phase modulation in nematic liquid crystals is given. The process of the laser-heating-induced nematic-isotropic transition is analyzed. The intrinsic optical bistability due to the nematic-isotropic phase transition is observed and analyzed.
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