title: Power-induced evolution and increased dimensionality of nonlinear modes in reorientational soft matter.
abstract: We demonstrate the evolution of higher order one-dimensional guided modes into two-dimensional solitary waves in a reorientational medium. The observations, carried out at two different wavelengths in chiral nematic liquid crystals, are in good agreement with a simple nonlocal nonlinear model.
authors.forename: Urszula A
authors.initials: UA
authors.lastname: Laudyn
authors.forename: Paweł S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: Krzysztof B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Zegadło
authors.forename: Miroslaw A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Karpierz
authors.forename: Gaetano
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Assanto