Hyper-Solitons in Nematic Liquid Crystals |
| A. Strinica,b, M. Petrovića, b and M. Belićb
a Institute of Physics, P.O. Box 57, 11001 Belgrade, Serbia b Texas A&M University at Qatar, P.O. Box 23874 Doha, Qatar |
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| We study laser light propagation in a cell containing a liquid crystal in the nematic phase. We launch hyper-Gaussian beams and follow their behavior within the cell, in time and in three spatial dimensions, utilizing an appropriately developed theoretical model and a numerical procedure based on the fast Fourier transform. We demonstrate the formation of stable "hyper-soliton" breathers in a narrow region of beam intensities, for fixed other parameters. Hyper-solitons are similar in appearance and behavior to the usual solitons, formed by launching the usual Gaussian beams; However noticeable differences persist. |
| DOI: 10.12693/APhysPolA.116.510 PACS numbers: 42.70.Df, 42.65.Tg |