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Trends and trade-offs in nematicon propagation

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We investigate the propagation of nematicons in various nematic liquid crystals. Following some general considerations on the role of material parameters in light self-trapping via a reorientational nonlinear response, we discuss numerical results on light self-action and transverse localization. Finally, we validate our findings with experimental measurements in three liquid crystalline mixtures featuring different amounts of birefringence.

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  1. Nonlinear Optics and OptoElectronics Lab (NooEL), University of Rome “Roma Tre”, Via della Vasca Navale 84, 00146, Rome, Italy

    A. Piccardi, A. Alberucci & G. Assanto

  2. Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell’Informazione, Elettronica e Telecomunicazioni, University of Rome “Sapienza”, Via Eudossiana 18, 00184, Rome, Italy

    M. Trotta, R. Asquini & A. D’Alessandro

  3. Faculty of Physics, Warsaw University of Technology, Koszykowa 75, 00-662, Warsaw, Poland

    M. Kwasny & M. Karpierz

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Piccardi, A., Trotta, M., Kwasny, M. et al. Trends and trade-offs in nematicon propagation. Appl. Phys. B 104, 805–811 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-011-4675-0

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