Detection of phase change of light using photorefractive liquid crystals and their application to laser ultrasonics

T Sasaki, T Takashi, Y Ishii, K Van Le… - … Photonic Materials and …, 2024 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Coaxial-and counter-optical setups for laser ultrasonics using a photorefractive liquid crystal
were fabricated. In laser ultrasonics, an object is irradiated with a laser pulse to create an …

Preparation of fast-response photorefractive liquid crystals and their application to coaxial optical laser ultrasonics

T Sasaki, M Nagaoka, J Watanabe… - … Materials and their …, 2024 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Coaxial-and counter-optical setups for laser ultrasonics using a photorefractive liquid crystal
were fabricated. In laser ultrasonics, an object is irradiated with a laser pulse to create an …

Detection of phase change of light using photorefractive liquid crystal and its application to laser ultrasonics

T Sasaki, T Takashi, K Suzuki, G Ikeda, A Kawano… - 2023 - preprints.opticaopen.org
Laser ultrasonics using a photorefractive liquid crystal is investigated with coaxial-and
counter-optical setups. The proposed laser ultrasonic method involves irradiating an object …

Laser ultrasonics using photorefractive liquid crystals

T Sasaki, T Takashi, K Suzuki, G Ikeda… - Liquid Crystals …, 2023 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Coaxial-and counter-optical setups for laser ultrasonics using a photorefractive liquid crystal
were fabricated. The laser ultrasonics involves irradiating an object with a laser pulse to …

Photorefractive liquid crystals and their application to laser ultrasonics

T Sasaki, KV Le, Y Naka - Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The photorefractive effect is a phenomenon in which the refractive index changes at the
interference fringe, forming a diffraction grating (hologram). Photorefractive materials are …

Laser ultrasonics for measurement of the thickness of metal plates using a photorefractive liquid crystal

T Sasaki, T Takashi, G Ikeda… - … and Modern Trends …, 2023 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The photorefractive effect of smectic liquid crystal mixtures was investigated and the
application to laser ultrasonic measurements was demonstrated. Smectic liquid crystal …

Photorefractive effect of smectic liquid crystals and their application to laser ultrasonic remote sensing

T Sasaki, T Yagami, T Takashi, K Suzuki… - Liquid Crystals …, 2022 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The photorefractive effect of flexoelectric smectic liquid crystal mixtures was investigated and
applied to a laser ultrasonic measurement. Smectic liquid crystal mixtures, composed of …

Photorefractive flexoelectric liquid crystal mixtures and their application to laser ultrasonics

T Sasaki, T Yagami, T Takashi, K Suzuki… - Optical Materials …, 2023 - opg.optica.org
A photorefractive effect of mixtures of flexoelectric liquid-crystal (flex LC) was investigated
and applied to laser ultrasonics. Mixtures of flex LC, composed of smectic-C liquid crystals …

Photorefractive effect in ferroelectric liquid crystals

T Sasaki, Y Naka - Optical Review, 2014 - Springer
In this paper, we review recent progress of research on the photorefractive effect of
ferroelectric liquid crystals. The photorefractive effect is a phenomenon that forms a dynamic …

Hybrid liquid crystal nanomaterials with improved photorefractive response

M Kaczmarek, A Dyadyusha… - … Photonic Materials and …, 2007 - opg.optica.org
Hybrid materials, fabricated by combining liquid crystals with ferroelectric, inorganic
nanoparticles, show improved photorefractive response. Three-fold increase in dielectric …