Nonlocality-controlled interaction of spatial solitons in nematic liquid crystals

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 2006, Pages

  Hu, Wei ^c   Zhang, Tao ^c   Guo, Qi ^a   Xuan, Li ^b   Lan, Sheng ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHANGCHUN INSTITUTE OF OPTICS   (China)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROSTATICS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; PARTICLE BEAMS; SOLID STATE PHYSICS; VOLTAGE CONTROL;

BIAS VOLTAGE; PRETILT ANGLE; SPATIAL SOLITONS; VOLTAGE-CONTROLLED INTERACTIONS;

SOLITONS;

EID: 33747516411     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2337268     Document Type: Article

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