Lasers are now extensively used in a multitude of optical devices and photonic systems
spanning from sensing, communication, entertainment, medical surgery to military …

Liquid crystals offer an unique versatile platform for optical applications and light
manipulation. Indeed, besides the well-known realization of liquid crystal displays, liquid …

Liquid crystal reorientation is exploited to analyze the electric field generated by light
irradiation in iron-doped lithium niobate crystals. The evaluation of the strength of this light …

Liquid crystal doped with aerosil nanoparticles is known for exhibiting an electromechanical
memory effect. After exposing the composite to the electric field the state induced by the …

Two-wave mixing adaptive interferometer based on a liquid crystal light valve with a
semiconductor GaAs substrate is realized and studied at 1064 nm wavelength. The local …

Recent progresses of NMR spectroscopy to the study of liquid crystals and related ordered
systems are surveyed. Particular attention will be devoted to review suitably tailored NMR …

An accurate phase characterization method by digital holographic microscopy for spatial
light modulators (SLMs) is proposed. This method permits high precision measurement for …

An optical valve is realized by associating a nematic liquid crystal layer with a Cr-doped
gallium arsenide as a photoconductive substrate. The light-valve is shown to efficiently …

Liquid crystal cells with LiNbO3: Fe crystals as substrates, are described. The photovoltaic
field generated by the substrates is able to reorient the liquid crystal director thus giving rise …

We report the realization of an adaptive holographic interferometer based on two-beam
coupling in an optically addressed liquid crystal spatial light modulator operating at 1.55-μm …