Abstract

Spatial nonlocality has a crucial role in the optical response of bulk liquid crystals. With specific reference to one-dimensional modulation instability, we demonstrate the tuning of transverse nonlocality in the nonlinear response of nematics.

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Observation of power-dependent walk-off via modulational instability in nematic liquid crystals

Marco Peccianti and Gaetano Assanto
Opt. Lett. 30(17) 2290-2292 (2005)

Nonlocal spatial soliton interactions in nematic liquid crystals

Marco Peccianti, Katarzyna A. Brzdąkiewicz, and Gaetano Assanto
Opt. Lett. 27(16) 1460-1462 (2002)

Self-healing generation of spatial solitons in liquid crystals

A. Alberucci, M. Peccianti, G. Assanto, G. Coschignano, A. De Luca, and C. Umeton
Opt. Lett. 30(11) 1381-1383 (2005)

Discrete propagation and spatial solitons in nematic liquid crystals

Andrea Fratalocchi, Gaetano Assanto, Kasia A. Brzdąkiewicz, and Mirek A. Karpierz
Opt. Lett. 29(13) 1530-1532 (2004)

Optical multisoliton generation in nematic liquid crystals

Marco Peccianti, Claudio Conti, and Gaetano Assanto
Opt. Lett. 28(22) 2231-2233 (2003)