Hyper-Solitons in Nematic Liquid Crystals

• Authors: A. Strinic , M. Petrović , M. Belić
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

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.

Keywords

EN

42.70.Df; 42.65.Tg

Discipline

• 42.65.Tg: Optical solitons; nonlinear guided waves(for solitons in fibers, see 42.81.Dp)
• 42.70.Df: Liquid crystals(for structure of liquid crystals, see 61.30.-v)

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2009
• Volume: 116
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 510-512

Dates

published

2009-10

Contributors

author

A. Strinic

• Institute of Physics, P.O. Box 57, 11001 Belgrade, Serbia
• Texas A&M University at Qatar, P.O. Box 23874 Doha, Qatar

author

M. Petrović

• Institute of Physics, P.O. Box 57, 11001 Belgrade, Serbia
• Texas A&M University at Qatar, P.O. Box 23874 Doha, Qatar

author

M. Belić

• Texas A&M University at Qatar, P.O. Box 23874 Doha, Qatar

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.116.510