Nematicons: Spatial Optical Solitons in Nematic Liquid Crystals

✍ Scribed by Glenn Boreman(eds.)

Year: 2012
Tongue: English
Leaves: 441
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

The first book of its kind to introduce the fundamentals, basic features and models, potential applications and novel phenomena and its important applications in liquid crystal technology.

Recognized leader in the field Gaetano Assanto outlines the peculiar characteristics of nematicons and the promise they have for the future growth of this captivating new field.

Content:
Chapter 1 Nematicons (pages 1–36): Gaetano Assanto, Alessandro Alberucci and Armando Piccardi
Chapter 2 Features of Strongly Nonlocal Spatial Solitons (pages 37–69): Qi Guo, Wei Hu, Dongmei Deng, Daquan Lu and Shigen Ouyang
Chapter 3 Theoretical Approaches to Nonlinear Wave Evolution in Higher Dimensions (pages 71–110): Antonmaria A. Minzoni and Noel F. Smyth
Chapter 4 Soliton Families in Strongly Nonlocal Media (pages 111–138): Wei?Ping Zhong and Milivoj R. Belic
Chapter 5 External Control of Nematicon Paths (pages 139–158): Armando Piccardi, Alessandro Alberucci and Gaetano Assanto
Chapter 6 Dynamics of Optical Solitons in Bias?Free Nematic Liquid Crystals (pages 159–176): Yana V. Izdebskaya, Anton S. Desyatnikov and Yuri S. Kivshar
Chapter 7 Interaction of Nematicons and Nematicon Clusters (pages 177–208): Catherine Garcia?Reimbert, Antonmaria A. Minzoni and Noel F. Smyth
Chapter 8 Nematicons in Light Valves (pages 209–231): Stefania Residori, Umberto Bortolozzo, Armando Piccardi, Alessandro Alberucci and Gaetano Assanto
Chapter 9 Propagation of Light Confined via Thermo?Optical Effect in Nematic Liquid Crystals (pages 233–253): Marc Warenghem, Jean?Francois Blach and Jean?Francois Henninot
Chapter 10 Discrete Light Propagation in Arrays of Liquid Crystalline Waveguides (pages 255–277): Katarzyna A. Rutkowska, Gaetano Assanto and Miroslaw A. Karpierz
Chapter 11 Power?Dependent Nematicon Self?Routing (pages 279–307): Alessandro Alberucci, Armando Piccardi and Gaetano Assanto
Chapter 12 Twisted and Chiral Nematicons (pages 309–325): Urszula A. Laudyn and Miroslaw A. Karpierz
Chapter 13 Time Dependence of Spatial Solitons in Nematic Liquid Crystals (pages 327–346): Jeroen Beeckman and Kristiaan Neyts
Chapter 14 Spatiotemporal Dynamics and Light Bullets in Nematic Liquid Crystals (pages 347–359): Marco Peccianti
Chapter 15 Vortices in Nematic Liquid Crystals (pages 361–390): Antonmaria A. Minzoni, Luke W. Sciberras, Noel F. Smyth and Annette L. Worthy
Chapter 16 Dispersive Shock Waves in Reorientational and Other Optical Media (pages 391–409): Tim R. Marchant

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