Refraction of nonlinear beams by localized refractive index changes in nematic liquid crystals

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Assanto, Gaetano ^a   Minzoni, Antonmaria A ^b   Smyth, Noel F ^c   Worthy, Annette L ^d  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIRECTOR ORIENTATION; EXTERNAL ELECTRIC FIELD; LIGHT BEAM; LIQUID CRYSTAL CELLS; MODULATION THEORY; NET EFFECT; NON-LINEAR BEAMS; NON-UNIFORMITIES; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; REFRACTIVE INDEX CHANGES; SOLITARY WAVE;

CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; CRYSTALS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; INFORMATION THEORY; LIQUID CRYSTALS; LIQUIDS; REFRACTION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SOLITONS;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 78650995375     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.82.053843     Document Type: Article

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