Nonresonant third order susceptibility measurements in a nematic liquid crystal-PCH-5

We report for the first time the determination of the real part of the third order nonlinear susceptibility χ(3)(−ω;ω,0,0) above the nematic to isotropic phase transition temperature of a nematic liquid crystal 4 (trans-4′-4′-n-pentylcyclohexy)-benzonirtile (PCH-5) from electro-optic Kerr effect experiments. The value of χ(3) observed at 632.8 nm is found to be 6.2079×10−19 m2 V−2 close to the phase transition temperature at 55.1 °C.