%0 Journal Article %1 JNOPM03 %A Peccianti, Marco %A Conti, Claudio %A Assanto, Gaetano %A De Luca, Antonio %A Umeton, Cesare %D 2003 %J Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics & Materials (JNOPM) %K imported myown %N 4 %P 525--538 %T Nonlocal Optical Propagation in Nonlinear Nematic Liquid Crystals %V 12 %X Optical propagation in nematic liquid crystals is characterized by a large and highly-nonlocal Kerr-like nonlinearity. We investigate the fundamental role played by spatial nonlocality in nonlinear optical propagation, and develop a model able to predict the main features of spatial solitons and modulational instability in nematic liquid crystals. The model unifies solitons in physical systems exhibiting different degrees of nonlocality, disclosing a connection between nonlocal solitons and parametric solitons in quadratic media. Finally, soliton breathing as well as other characteristics of nonlocal propagation are experimentally demonstrated in a specifically-engineered liquid crystal cell.

@article{JNOPM03, abstract = {Optical propagation in nematic liquid crystals is characterized by a large and highly-nonlocal Kerr-like nonlinearity. We investigate the fundamental role played by spatial nonlocality in nonlinear optical propagation, and develop a model able to predict the main features of spatial solitons and modulational instability in nematic liquid crystals. The model unifies solitons in physical systems exhibiting different degrees of nonlocality, disclosing a connection between nonlocal solitons and parametric solitons in quadratic media. Finally, soliton breathing as well as other characteristics of nonlocal propagation are experimentally demonstrated in a specifically-engineered liquid crystal cell.}, added-at = {2016-08-09T20:29:14.000+0200}, author = {Peccianti, Marco and Conti, Claudio and Assanto, Gaetano and De Luca, Antonio and Umeton, Cesare}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2d0c645b1bb433a31c97a46ba8e5ab11c/nonlinearxwaves}, interhash = {42e1fbf8d71e6594461cfe5d90403382}, intrahash = {d0c645b1bb433a31c97a46ba8e5ab11c}, journal = {Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics {\&} Materials (JNOPM)}, keywords = {imported myown}, number = 4, pages = {525--538}, timestamp = {2016-08-09T20:35:45.000+0200}, title = {Nonlocal Optical Propagation in Nonlinear Nematic Liquid Crystals}, volume = 12, year = 2003 }