title: Electro-optic effects of colloidal crystals.
abstract: Many kinds of electro-optic effects of colloidal crystals are observed and discussed on the basis of the fundamental properties of colloidal crystals themselves. Several electro-optic effects of colloidal crystals have been found by the authors mainly by use of light-scattering, reflection- and transmitted-light intensity measurements in an electric field, (a) waveform deformation, (b) phase-shift effects, (c) second-order harmonics generation, (d) self-resonance frequency generation (characteristic frequency and harmonic oscillation), (e) peak wavelength-shift effects and (f) waveform transformation. These electro-optic responses are explained successfully by the resonance-, visco-elastic- and structural relaxation-parameters of colloidal crystals.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Colloidal Organization, Hatoyama, Uji, Kyoto, Japan. okubotsu@ybb.ne.jp
authors.forename: Tsuneo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Okubo
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tsuchida
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stoimenova