We report the observation of a self-switching effect from an opaque to a transparent state occurring at a critical incident intensity in a polymer dispersed liquid crystal. This self-transparency effect is analysed taking into account the beam profile variations of the light propagating inside such a medium. A clear self-confinement of the laser beam travelling in this composite material is also presented.

Experimental observation of self-transparency in an epoxy-based polymer dispersed liquid crystal

Petti Lucia;Mormile Pasquale;
2000

Abstract

We report the observation of a self-switching effect from an opaque to a transparent state occurring at a critical incident intensity in a polymer dispersed liquid crystal. This self-transparency effect is analysed taking into account the beam profile variations of the light propagating inside such a medium. A clear self-confinement of the laser beam travelling in this composite material is also presented.
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