title: Laser-heating-induced self-phase modulation, phase transition, and bistability in nematic liquid crystals.
abstract: 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.
authors.forename: P Y
authors.initials: PY
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Dai