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Y. R. Shen
Researcher at University of California, Berkeley
Publications - 498
Citations - 38903
Y. R. Shen is an academic researcher from University of California, Berkeley. The author has contributed to research in topics: Liquid crystal & Monolayer. The author has an hindex of 98, co-authored 476 publications receiving 37313 citations. Previous affiliations of Y. R. Shen include University of Paris & Harvard University.
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Non-linear optical spectroscopy as a novel probe for molecular chirality
Mikhail A. Belkin,Y. R. Shen +1 more
TL;DR: Optical second-harmonic generation and sum-frequency generation as novel spectroscopic tools to probe molecular chirality are currently being developed as discussed by the authors, and it is shown theoretically and experimentally that both processes can have monolayer sensitivity to detect chiral in electronic and vibrational transitions.
Rubbing-Induced Molecular Reorientation on an Alignment Surface of an Aromatic Polyimide Containing Cyanobiphenyl Side Chains
S. Z. D. Cheng,Jason J. Ge,Christopher Y. Li,Frank W. Harris,Seok Cheol Hong,Xiaowei Zhuang,Y. R. Shen +6 more
TL;DR: In this paper, surface lamellar decoration (SLD), surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) and optical second harmonic generation (SHG) experiments have been utilized to study the molecular orientation and conformation changes at a rubbed polyimide alignment-layer surface.
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Theoretical and experimental study of the dynamic behavior of a nonlinear Fabry-Perot interferrometer
T. Bischofberger,Y. R. Shen +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the dynamic behavior of a nonlinear Fabry-Perot interferrometer filled with a Kerr medium was studied theoretically and experimentally, and it was shown that the quasi-steady state operation requires not only a medium response time much smaller than the cavity roundtrip time, but also a characteristic time of the input intensity variation several hundred times larger than the cavitation round-trip time.
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Electrostriction, optical Kerr effect and self-focusing of laser beams
TL;DR: In this article, the relative importance in the self-focusing of a giant-pulse laser beam was discussed, and the authors derived the ECC coefficients and optical Kerr constants for liquids.