Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 30, Issue 10, 3010(2010)

Light-Controlled Spatial Solitons in Homeotropically Aligned Nematic Liquid Crystals

Pu Shaozhi1,2、*, Zhan Kaiyun1,3, and Hou Chunfeng1
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    Paper Information

    Category: Nonlinear Optics

    Received: Nov. 6, 2009

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Oct. 24, 2012

    The Author Email: Shaozhi Pu (shaozhipu@hit.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/aos20103010.3010

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