Modulation solutions for nematicon propagation in nonlocal liquid crystals

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1549-1556

  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

DIFFRACTIVE OPTICS; LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; RADIATION;

DIFFRACTIVE RADIATION; LAGRANGIAN EQUATION; MODULATION EQUATION; NEMATICONS;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 34548268986     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.24.001549     Document Type: Article

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