A thermal (2D+1) spatial optical soliton in a dye doped liquid crystal
- 23 June 2000
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics
- Vol. 2 (4) , 332-337
- https://doi.org/10.1088/1464-4258/2/4/316
Abstract
It has been possible to excite a spatial soliton in a dye doped liquid crystal confined in a capillary tube. The phenomenon is explained by a pure thermal nonlinear effect due to dye absorption.Keywords
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