Soliton interactions in nematic liquid crystals

Per Dalgaard Rasmussen; Ole Bang; Wieslaw Krolikowski

doi:10.1117/12.622143

6 October 2005 Soliton interactions in nematic liquid crystals

Per Dalgaard Rasmussen, Ole Bang, Wieslaw Krolikowski

Proceedings Volume 5947, Liquid Crystals: Optics and Applications; 59470W (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.622143
Event: Congress on Optics and Optoelectronics, 2005, Warsaw, Poland

Abstract

A nonlinear nonlocal model for beam propagation in a liquid crystal is analyzed. Using a perturbative approach interactions between in-phase and out-of-phase solitons is described analytically. Attraction of both in-phase and out-of-phase solitons is predicted. The perturbative approach also predicts the existence of a stable bound state of two out-of-phase solitons. The analytical results are verified by direct numerical simulations.

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Per Dalgaard Rasmussen, Ole Bang, and Wieslaw Krolikowski "Soliton interactions in nematic liquid crystals", Proc. SPIE 5947, Liquid Crystals: Optics and Applications, 59470W (6 October 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.622143

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