Observation of power-dependent walk-off via modulational instability in nematic liquid crystals

Optics Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 2290-2292

  Peccianti, Marco ^a   Assanto, Gaetano ^a  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL CELLS; MODULATIONAL INSTABILITY; TRANSVERSE MODULATION;

ANISOTROPY; POWER CONTROL; STABILITY;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 25144476615     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.30.002290     Document Type: Article

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