Physical Review Letters · 2003 · 586 citations · 24 references
Natural SciencesPhysicsCondensed Matter PhysicsDynamical SystemsTheoretical PhysicsDissipative SystemsLiquid Crystal MaterialsLiquid CrystalsNonlinear DynamicsNonlinear OpticsNonlinear Wave DynamicsNonlocality In Wave FunctionsOptical SolitonsQuantum NonlocalitySoliton PropagationSoliton TheorySolitons
We develop a general theory of spatial solitons in a liquid crystalline medium exhibiting a nonlinearity with an arbitrary degree of effective nonlocality. The model accounts the observability of accessible solitons and establishes an important link with parametric solitons.
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