Title :
Modulation instability and multisoliton generation in nematic liquid crystals
Author :
Peccianti, Marco ; Conti, Claudio ; Assanto, Gaetano ; DeLuca, Antonio ; Umeton, Cesare
Author_Institution :
Nat. Inst. for the Phys. of Matter, Univ. "Roma Tre", Rome, Italy
Abstract :
An experimental investigation of transverse modulation instability and multisoliton generation in highly nonlocal nematic liquid crystal is reported. This study paves the way to a better understanding of nonlocality in conjunction with nonlinearity.
Keywords :
nematic liquid crystals; optical modulation; optical solitons; modulation instability; multisoliton generation; nematic liquid crystals; Couplings; Intensity modulation; Laser beams; Liquid crystal displays; Liquid crystals; Optical modulation; Optimized production technology; Physics; Solitons; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2003. LEOS 2003. The 16th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7888-1
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2003.1251585
