• DocumentCode
    399842
  • 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
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    27-28 Oct. 2003
  • Firstpage
    31
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2003. LEOS 2003. The 16th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
  • ISSN
    1092-8081
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7888-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOS.2003.1251585
  • Filename
    1251585