Nematicons beyond the perturbative regime

A. Alberucci and G. Assanto

Opt. Lett. 35 (15), 2520-2 (2010)

Abstract:

We model spatial solitons in nematic liquid crystals, accounting for nonperturbative excitation and related effects, such as power-dependent self steering. We also address the interplay between nonlocality and saturation typical of a reorientational medium.