LEADER 05291nam 2200709 450 001 9910830054803321 005 20210208161636.0 010 $a1-118-41463-2 010 $a1-118-41459-4 035 $a(CKB)2670000000260800 035 $a(EBL)947713 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000754644 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11413737 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000754644 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10725961 035 $a(PQKB)11745480 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC947713 035 $a(OCoLC)813224961 035 $a(CaSebORM)9781118414620 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000260800 100 $a20160630h20132013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aNematicons $espatial optical solitons in nematic liquid crystals /$fedited by Gaetano Assanto 205 $a1st edition 210 1$aHoboken, New Jersey :$cWiley,$d2013. 210 4$dİ2013 215 $a1 online resource (457 p.) 225 1 $aWiley Series in Pure and Applied Optics 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-118-41462-4 311 $a0-470-90724-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. 327 $aNematicons; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contributors; Chapter 1. Nematicons; 1.1 Introduction; 1.1.1 Nematic Liquid Crystals; 1.1.2 Nonlinear Optics and Solitons; 1.1.3 Initial Results on Light Self-Focusing in Liquid Crystals; 1.2 Models; 1.2.1 Scalar Perturbative Model; 1.2.2 Anisotropic Perturbative Model; 1.3 Numerical Simulations; 1.3.1 Nematicon Profile; 1.3.2 Gaussian Input; 1.4 Experimental Observations; 1.4.1 Nematicon-Nematicon Interactions; 1.4.2 Modulational Instability; 1.5 Conclusions; References; Chapter 2. Features of Strongly Nonlocal Spatial Solitons 327 $a2.1 Introduction2.2 Phenomenological Theory of Strongly Nonlocal Spatial Solitons; 2.2.1 The Nonlinearly Induced Refractive Index Change of Materials; 2.2.2 From the Nonlocal Nonlinear Schro?dinger Equation to the Snyder-Mitchell Model; 2.2.3 An Accessible Soliton of the Snyder-Mitchell Model; 2.2.4 Breather and Soliton Clusters of the Snyder-Mitchell Model; 2.2.5 Complex-Variable-Function Gaussian Breathers and Solitons; 2.2.6 Self-Induced Fractional Fourier Transform; 2.3 Nonlocal Spatial Solitons in Nematic Liquid Crystals; 2.3.1 Voltage-Controllable Characteristic Length of NLC 327 $a2.3.2 Nematicons as Strongly Nonlocal Spatial Solitons2.3.3 Nematicon-Nematicon Interactions; 2.4 Conclusion; Appendix 2.A: Proof of the Equivalence of the Snyder-Mitchell Model (Eq. 2.16) and the Strongly Nonlocal Model (Eq. 2.11); Appendix 2.B: Perturbative Solution for a Single Soliton of the NNLSE (Eq. 2.4) in NLC; References; Chapter 3. Theoretical Approaches to Nonlinear Wave Evolution in Higher Dimensions; 3.1 Simple Example of Multiple Scales Analysis; 3.2 Survey of Perturbation Methods for Solitary Waves; 3.3 Linearized Perturbation Theory for Nonlinear Schro?dinger Equation 327 $a3.4 Modulation Theory: Nonlinear Schro?dinger Equation3.5 Radiation Loss; 3.6 Solitary Waves in Nematic Liquid Crystals: Nematicons; 3.7 Radiation Loss for The Nematicon Equations; 3.8 Choice of Trial Function; 3.9 Conclusions; Appendix 3.A: Integrals; Appendix 3.B: Shelf Radius; References; Chapter 4. Soliton Families in Strongly Nonlocal Media; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Mathematical Models; 4.2.1 General; 4.2.2 Nonlocality Through Response Function; 4.3 Soliton Families in Strongly Nonlocal Nonlinear Media; 4.3.1 One-Dimensional Hermite-Gaussian Spatial Solitons 327 $a4.3.2 Two-Dimensional Laguerre-Gaussian Soliton Families4.3.3 Accessible Solitons in the General Model of Beam Propagation in NLC; 4.3.4 Two-Dimensional Self-Similar Hermite-Gaussian Spatial Solitons; 4.3.5 Two-Dimensional Whittaker Solitons; 4.4 Conclusions; References; Chapter 5. External Control of Nematicon Paths; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Basic Equations; 5.3 Nematicon Control with External Light Beams; 5.3.1 Interaction with Circular Spots; 5.3.2 Dielectric Interfaces; 5.3.3 Comments; 5.4 Voltage Control of Nematicon Walk-Off; 5.4.1 Out-of-Plane Steering of Nematicons 327 $a5.4.2 In-Plane Steering of Nematicon 330 $a The first book of its kind to introduce the fundamentals, basic features and models, potential applications and novel phenomena and its important applications in liquid crystal technology. Recognized leader in the field Gaetano Assanto outlines the peculiar characteristics of nematicons and the promise they have for the future growth of this captivating new field. 410 0$aWiley series in pure and applied optics. 606 $aSolitons 606 $aNematic liquid crystals 606 $aLiquid crystals$xSpectra 615 0$aSolitons. 615 0$aNematic liquid crystals. 615 0$aLiquid crystals$xSpectra. 676 $a530.124 676 $a530.429 686 $aSCI053000$2bisacsh 700 $aAssanto$b Gaetano$01332304 702 $aAssanto$b Gaetano$f1958- 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910830054803321 996 $aNematicons$94087604 997 $aUNINA