Two-dimensional spatial solitons in nematic liquid crystals

Wei Ping Zhong; Zheng Ping Yang; Rui Hua Xie; Milivoj Belic̀; Goong Chen

doi:10.1088/0253-6102/51/2/27

Two-dimensional spatial solitons in nematic liquid crystals

Wei Ping Zhong^*, Zheng Ping Yang, Rui Hua Xie, Milivoj Belic̀, Goong Chen

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Abstract

We study the propagation of spatial solitons in nematic liquid crystals, using the self-similar method. Analytical solutions in the form of self-similar solitons are obtained exactly. We confirm the stability of these solutions by direct numerical simulation, and find that the stable spatial solitons can exist in various forms, such as Gaussian solitons, radially symmetric solitons, multipole solitons, and soliton vortices.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	324-330
Number of pages	7
Journal	Communications in Theoretical Physics
Volume	51
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/0253-6102/51/2/27
Publication status	Published - 2009
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Nematic liquid crystals
Nonlinear optics
Self-similar method
Spatial solitons

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