Light Beams in Liquid Crystals |
Autore | Assanto Gaetano |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Basel, : MDPI Books, 2022 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 electronic resource (128 p.) |
Soggetto topico |
Research & information: general
Physics |
Soggetto non controllato |
Liquid
crystals Beam optics Solitary waves Nematicons Nonlinear Nonlocal All-optical switching Guided Geometric phase Optical modulation/switching solitons Structured beams Vortices self-localization spin-orbit interactions Optics of anisotropic media Reorientational response Thermal |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910595066303321 |
Assanto Gaetano | ||
Basel, : MDPI Books, 2022 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Nematicons : spatial optical solitons in nematic liquid crystals / / edited by Gaetano Assanto |
Autore | Assanto Gaetano |
Edizione | [1st edition] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (457 p.) |
Disciplina |
530.124
530.429 |
Collana | Wiley Series in Pure and Applied Optics |
Soggetto topico |
Solitons
Nematic liquid crystals Liquid crystals - Spectra |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-118-41463-2
1-118-41459-4 |
Classificazione | SCI053000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Nematicons; 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
2.1 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 Schrödinger 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 2.3.2 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 Schrödinger Equation 3.4 Modulation Theory: Nonlinear Schrödinger 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 4.3.2 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 5.4.2 In-Plane Steering of Nematicon |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910141378703321 |
Assanto Gaetano | ||
Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley, , 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
Nematicons : spatial optical solitons in nematic liquid crystals / / edited by Gaetano Assanto |
Autore | Assanto Gaetano |
Edizione | [1st edition] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (457 p.) |
Disciplina |
530.124
530.429 |
Collana | Wiley Series in Pure and Applied Optics |
Soggetto topico |
Solitons
Nematic liquid crystals Liquid crystals - Spectra |
ISBN |
1-118-41463-2
1-118-41459-4 |
Classificazione | SCI053000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Nematicons; 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
2.1 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 Schrödinger 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 2.3.2 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 Schrödinger Equation 3.4 Modulation Theory: Nonlinear Schrödinger 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 4.3.2 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 5.4.2 In-Plane Steering of Nematicon |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910830054803321 |
Assanto Gaetano | ||
Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley, , 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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