The investigation of an electrically stabilized optical spatial soliton induced in a nematic liquid crystal

Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Henninot, J F ^a   Blach, J F ^a   Warenghem, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ARTOIS   (France)

Author keywords

Nematic liquid crystal; Nonlocality; Optical soliton; Self waveguiding; Stability

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL FIBERS; SOLITONS;

KERR-LIKE MEDIUM; NONLOCALITIES; OPTICAL SOLITON; OPTICAL SPATIAL SOLITONS; PROPAGATION AXIS; SELF-WAVEGUIDING; SOLITON PROPAGATION; SPATIAL SOLITONS;

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 52349121994     PISSN: 14644258     EISSN: 17413567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4258/10/8/085104     Document Type: Article

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