| 98. | Light propagation in laser induced liquid crystal lens, T. Morisaki and H. Ono, Advances in Technology of Materials and Materials Processing, 6 (2004) 170-175. |
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Abstract |
| A detailed analysis of the recently proposed [Appl. Phys. Lett. 74 (1999) 3429] focal length converter using the dye-doped liquid crystal (DDLC) is presented. Focal length of a laser-induced lens in the DDLC was varied over a wide range by using both large optical nonlinearity and anisotropic complex refractive indices in the DDLC. The properties of the all-optical focal length converter were strongly dependent on the thickness of the DDLC layer and the polarization state of the laser light. |