| Spatial Optical Solitons in Bulk Nematic Liquid Crystals |
| G. Assanto, M. Peccianti and C. Conti National Institute for the Physics of Matter & Department of Electronic Engineering Terza University of Rome, Via della Vasca Navale 84, 00146 Rome, Italy |
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| We present an overview of our recent experimental results on two-dimensional optical spatial solitons in voltage biased planar cells with nematic liquid crystals. Excitation, induced waveguiding, and interactions are illustrated and interpreted in terms of the inherent re-orientational, non-resonant and nonlocal nonlinear response. |
| DOI: 10.12693/APhysPolA.103.161 PACS numbers: 42.70.Df, 42.65.Tg |