Nonlinear optical propagation in a dye-doped nematic liquid crystal waveguide

Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics and Materials

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 303-312

  Abbate, G ^a   De Stefano, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT; LIGHT PROPAGATION; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

CONTINUATION METHOD; COUPLED NONLINEAR DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DIRECTOR DISTRIBUTION; DYE DOPED NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; NONLINEAR OPTICAL PROPAGATION; NUMERICAL RESULTS; NUMERICAL TECHNIQUES; SPATIAL SPLITTING;

NONLINEAR EQUATIONS;

EID: 0032391707     PISSN: 02188635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218863598000247     Document Type: Article

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