Abstract
The study of optical spatial solitons in nematic liquid crystals (NLC) has greatly improved the understanding of light localization in reorientational nonlocal media. We report some of the latest progress with reference to bright and dark solitary waves in NLC, bright and dark nematicons, discussing models and methods for their description and simulation. We give an account of exact and approximate solutions, as well as nematicon bistability.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 1450046 |
| Number of pages | 18 |
| Journal | Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics and Materials |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Dec 2014 |
| Publication type | A1 Journal article-refereed |
Funding
The authors thank Professor T. R. Marchant of the University of Wollongong for providing the numerical data for Fig. 3. GA acknowledges the Academy of Finland for his Finnish Distinguished Professor project, grant No. 282858.
Keywords
- Nonlinear optics
- optical solitons
- nematicons
- liquid crystals
- modulation theory
- soft matter
- 1ST-ORDER FREEDERICKSZ TRANSITION
- SPATIAL SOLITONS
- DARK SOLITONS
- OPTICAL BISTABILITY
- MODULATIONAL INSTABILITY
- PULSE-PROPAGATION
- BEAM-PROPAGATION
- RADIATION LOSS
- WAVE-GUIDES
- MEDIA
Publication forum classification
- Publication forum level 1
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