Spatial soliton evolution in nemantic liquid crystals in the nonlinear local regime

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 294-301

  Reinbert, Cathy García ^a   Minzoni, Antonmaria A ^a   Smyth, Noel F ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; GREEN'S FUNCTION; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; SOLITONS;

NONLINEAR SCHRODINGER EQUATION; SPATIAL SOLITON EVOLUTION;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 33644913974     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.23.000294     Document Type: Article

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