Interplay between nonlocality and nonlinearity in nematic liquid crystals.
Spatial nonlocality has a crucial role in the optical response of bulk liquid crystals. With specific reference to one-dimensional modulation instability, we demonstrate the tuning of transverse nonlocality in the nonlinear response of nematics.
Peccianti
Marco
M
Nonlinear Optics and OptoElectronics Laboratory, National Institute for the Physics of Matter, Università Roma Tre, Via della Vasca Navale 84, 00146 Rome, Italy.
Conti
Claudio
C
Assanto
Gaetano
G