Nonlinear wave propagation and spatial solitons in nematic liquid crystals

Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics and Materials

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 123-134

  Assanto, Gaetano ^a   Peccianti, Marco ^a   Brzda̧kiewicz, Katarzyna A ^a,c   De Luca, Antonio ^b   Umeton, Caesar ^b  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^c WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

All optical switching; Light localization; Liquid crystals; Molecular nonlinearity; Nematicons; Optical solitons; Reorientational nonlinearity; Self action effects; Spacial solitons

Indexed keywords

LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; SOLITONS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ALL-OPTICAL SWITCHING; LIGHT LOCALIZATION; MOLECULAR NONLINEARITY; NEMATICONS; OPTICAL SOLITON; REORIENTATIONAL NONLINEARITY; SELF-ACTION EFFECTS;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 0141866698     PISSN: 02188635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218863503001377     Document Type: Article

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