Abstract
The effect of axial ordering in determining macroscopic second order nonlinear optical response in a doped liquid crystal is investigated by the second harmonic generation measurement. Maier-Saupe mean field theory was employed to estimate the axial ordering contributions. The magnitude of second harmonic generations as a function of a dc external field suggests that the effect of axial ordering is negligible while polar ordering is dominant.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 55-60 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology Section B: Nonlinear Optics |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue number | 1-4 |
| State | Published - 1996 |
| Event | Proceedings of the 1995 2nd International Conference on Organic Nonlinear Optics, ICONO'2 - Kusatsu, Jpn Duration: 23 Jul 1995 → 26 Jul 1995 |