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 …

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 …