Dipole soliton formation in a nematic liquid crystal in the nonlocal limit

Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena

Volumn 237, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1088-1102

  García Reimbert, Catherine ^a   Minzoni, Antonmaria A ^a   Marchant, T R ^b   Smyth, Noel F ^c   Worthy, Annette L ^b  

^a Ciudad Universitaria   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c MAXWELL INSTITUTE FOR MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Liquid crystal; Modulation theory; Nematicon; Soliton; Soliton dipole

Indexed keywords

LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PHASE SEPARATION;

MODULATION THEORY; NEMATICON; SOLITON DIPOLE;

SOLITONS;

EID: 43049147657     PISSN: 01672789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physd.2007.12.006     Document Type: Article

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