Patterned electrode steering of nematicons

Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 214-220

  Beeckman, J ^a   Neyts, K ^a   Haelterman, M ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Electro optic devices; Liquid Crystals; Spatial optical solitons

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SOLITONS;

ELECTRO-OPTIC DEVICES; ELECTRODE STEERING; OPTICAL SOLITONS; SPATIAL OPTICAL SOLITONS;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 31044445677     PISSN: 14644258     EISSN: 17413567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4258/8/2/018     Document Type: Article

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