Dark solitons in nematic liquid crystals
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Details
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Optics InfoBase Conference Papers |
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| Publication status | Published - 2011 |
| Publication type | A4 Article in a conference publication |
| Event | Nonlinear Optics: Materials, Fundamentals and Applications, NLO 2011 - Kauai, HI, United States Duration: 17 Jul 2011 → 22 Jul 2011 |
Conference
| Conference | Nonlinear Optics: Materials, Fundamentals and Applications, NLO 2011 |
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| Country | United States |
| City | Kauai, HI |
| Period | 17/07/11 → 22/07/11 |
Abstract
We demonstrate the formation of dark spatial solitons in nematic liquid crystals, with an azo-dye dopant providing the self-defocusing response. A collinear copolarized beam is used to probe the guiding properties of the soliton. NLO/ISOM/ODS