We report the first observation of modulational instability in nematic liquid crystals encompassing a nonlocal behavior. The experimental results are quantitatively compared with the theory revealing the fundamental features associated to a nonlocal nonlinearity.
Optical modulational instability in a nonlocal medium / Marco, Peccianti; Conti, Claudio; Gaetano, Assanto. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS. - ISSN 1539-3755. - STAMPA. - 68:2 Pt 2(2003), p. 025602. [10.1103/physreve.68.025602]
Optical modulational instability in a nonlocal medium
CONTI, CLAUDIO;
2003
Abstract
We report the first observation of modulational instability in nematic liquid crystals encompassing a nonlocal behavior. The experimental results are quantitatively compared with the theory revealing the fundamental features associated to a nonlocal nonlinearity.File allegati a questo prodotto
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