The measurement of d coefficients from second-harmonic efficiencies in crystal spheres is studied. KH2PO4 is used as a reference for measurements in spheres and with the Maker-fringes technique. As an example, unknown d coefficients in an orthorhombic mannitol, C6H14O6, in which large coefficients of optical rotation have recently been measured, are determined as d123 = 0.06(2) pm V −1 and comp...

Kirsty Hannam,1,* David A. Powell,1 Ilya V. Shadrivov,1 and Yuri S. Kivshar1,2 1Nonlinear Physics Center, Research School of Physics and Engineering, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia 2National Research University of Information Technology, Mechanics and Optics, St. Petersburg 197101, Russia (Received 23 January 2014; revised manuscript recei...

We report a method to determine the four Stokes parameters of each spectral component in a broadband terahertz (THz) pulse by using a continuously rotating analyzer and a standard THz time domain spectroscopy (THz-TDS) instrument. A complete characterization of the polarization state at each frequency is obtained through a single time-domain measurement. Our method requires no specialized THz e...

We suggest that the DNA molecules could form the cholesteric phase owing to an interaction mediated by the network of the hydrogen bonds (H-network) in the solvent. The model admits of the dependence of the optical activity of the solution on the concentration of the PEG, and the change in the sense of the cholesteric twist due to the intercalation by the daunomicyn. Using the experimental data...

We present an analysis of the problem of recovering motion, particularly rotation, from two image frames. We derive an exact bound on the magnitude of the error in recovering the rotation. With the single weak requirement that the average translational image displacements are smaller than the eld of view, we demonstrate rigorously that the error in recovering the rotation is small. A lower boun...

The influence of applied electric fields on the pretransitional optical activity Ii) in the chiral nematic 4-cyano-4-(2-methyl)butylphenyl (CB15) was investigated. A rotating analyzer system was used to measure the optical activity and fields

Solutions of the proteins represent in one sense simple systems, rather than complex ones. The properties of proteins in solutions which depend more or less upon changes in electric charge can be investigated directly through the study of the electric mobility of the protein ions 1 and indirectly by means of titration curves with acids, optical rotation, viscosity, etc. If one makes certain ass...

Measurement of optical rotation in RbTiOAsO4 (RTA) with the tilter method resulted in an optical rotation of r12 1⁄4 þ17ð3Þ /mm at a wavelength of 670 nm, when a (100) sample was tilted about [001]. A tilt about [010] showed no rotation, as expected from the directional dependence of optical rotation calculated from the tensor in point group mm2. The absolute Miller-indices of the samples were ...

The using possibility of the vortex light beam with topological charges 2 and 5 for the rotation of the micromechanical element (microturbine) was considered. The results of the full-scale experiment on the optical rotation of the special form microturbine were presented. We evaluated the force moment, acting the microturbine.

Three-dimensional photonic crystals (3D PhCs) are a fascinating platform for manipulating photons and controlling their interactions with matter. One widely investigated structure is the layer-by-layer woodpile structure, which possesses a complete photonic bandgap. On the other hand, other types of 3D PhC structures also offer various possibilities for controlling light by utilizing the three ...