Higher-dimensionality caustics owing to competing reorientation of a liquid crystal by laser beams

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1426-1430

  Tabiryan, N V ^a   Zel'dovich, B Ya ^a   Kreuzer, M ^b   Vogeler, T ^b   Tschudi, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Liquid crystal; Nonlinear interaction; Pattern formation

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; APPROXIMATION THEORY; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; DIFFRACTION; FEEDBACK CONTROL; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; LASER BEAMS; LIGHT INTERFERENCE; LIGHT REFRACTION; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; PHASE MODULATION;

HYPERBOLIC UMBILIC CAUSTICS; PATTERN FORMATION; RELICT RINGS; REORIENTATION ANGLE;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 0030189208     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.13.001426     Document Type: Article

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