Single-component higher-order mode solitons in liquid crystals

Optics Communications

Volumn 233, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 211-217

  Hutsebaut, X ^a   Cambournac, C ^a   Haelterman, M ^a   Adamski, A ^b   Neyts, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Liquid crystals optical materials; Nonlinear materials for optics; Solitons optical

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; DOPING (ADDITIVES); DYES; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; SOLITONS;

LIQUID-CRYSTAL OPTICAL MATERIALS; NONLINEAR MATERIALS FOR OPTICS; SOLITONS-OPTICAL;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 1242331997     PISSN: 00304018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optcom.2004.01.040     Document Type: Article

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