Hyper-Solitons in Nematic Liquid Crystals Conference Paper

abstract

• We study laser light propagation in a cell containing a liquid crystal in the nematic phase. We launch hyper-Gaussian beams and follow their behavior within the cell, in time and in three spatial dimensions, utilizing an appropriately developed theoretical model and a numerical procedure based on the fast Fourier transform. We demonstrate the formation of stable "hyper-soliton" breathers in a narrow region of beam intensities, for fixed other parameters. Hyper-solitons are similar in appearance and behavior to the usual solitons, formed by launching the usual Gaussian beams; however noticeable differences persist.

authors

• Belic, Milivoj

published proceedings

• ACTA PHYSICA POLONICA A

author list (cited authors)

• Strinic, A., Petrovic, M., & Belic, M.

citation count

• 3

complete list of authors

• Strinic, A||Petrovic, M||Belic, M

publication date

• October 2009

publisher

• Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences  Publisher

published in

• Acta Physica Polonica, Series A: General Physics, Physics of Condensed Matter, Optics and Quantum Electrodynamics  Journal

keywords

• 49 Mathematical Sciences
• 51 Physical Sciences

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.12693/APhysPolA.116.510

start page

• 510

end page

• 512

volume

• 116

issue

• 4

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.12693/aphyspola.116.510