Induced modulation instability and recurrence in nematic liquid crystals

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 11185-11195

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

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT MODULATION; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES;

FERMI-PASTA-ULAM RECURRENCE; SPATIAL FREQUENCY;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 34548425684     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.011185     Document Type: Article

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