Nonlocal incoherent spatial solitons in liquid crystals

    Authors

    K. G. Makris; H. Sarkissian; D. N. Christodoulides;G. Assanto

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    J. Opt. Soc. Am. B-Opt. Phys.

    Keywords

    SATURABLE NONLINEAR MEDIA; LIGHT-BEAMS; PHOTOREFRACTIVE CRYSTALS; MODULATION INSTABILITY; COHERENCE PROPERTIES; SOLITARY WAVES; SELF-ACTION; PROPAGATION; DYNAMICS; BRIGHT; Optics

    Abstract

    We investigate theoretically the properties of spatial partially incoherent solitons in nematic liquid-crystal cells. Following the self-consistent multimode approach, we obtain nonlocal spatial incoherent soliton solutions in such noninstantaneous nonlinear media in closed form. The effect of nonlocality on the coherence properties of these self-trapped states is studied in detail. Pertinent examples are provided. (c) 2005 Optical Society of America.

    Journal Title

    Journal of the Optical Society of America B-Optical Physics

    Volume

    22

    Issue/Number

    7

    Publication Date

    1-1-2005

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    1371

    Last Page

    1377

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000230355400006

    ISSN

    0740-3224

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