Large-amplitude nematicon propagation in a liquid crystal with local response

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2551-2558

  García Reimbert, Cathy ^a   Minzoni, Antonmaria A ^a   Smyth, Noel F ^b   Worthy, Annette L ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; SOLITONS;

ARBITRARY INPUT LIGHT POWER; LAGRANGIAN FORMULATION; LOCAL MATERIAL RESPONSE LIMIT; NEMATICON EQUATIONS; NONLINEAR SATURATION BEHAVIOR;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 33846075222     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.23.002551     Document Type: Article

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