Abstract
Optical diffraction effects in liquid crystals can be large due to the material anisotropy. We report here the observation of reorientational optical nonlinearity for both Raman-Nath and self-diffraction, comparing these with the predictions of a simplified theory. Enhanced transient gratings are demonstrated under continuous wave illumination, which exist because of the material viscosity.
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