Lossy effects in a nonlinear nematic optical fiber

We use the multiple scales method to derive a generalized nonlinear Schrödinger equation that takes into account the dissipative effects in the reorientation of a nematic confined in a cylindrical waveguide. This equation has soliton-like solutions and predicts a decrease in the penetration length o...

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Published in:Optics communications 2001-09, Vol.197 (1), p.103-108
Main Authors: Rodrı́guez, R.F., Reyes, J.A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Exact sciences and technology
Fundamental areas of phenomenology (including applications)
Liquid crystals
Nematic
Nonlinear effects
Nonlinear optics
Nonlinear Schrödinger equation
Optical solitons
nonlinear guided waves
Optical transient phenomena: quantum beats, photon echo, free-induction decay, dephasings and revivals, optical nutation and self-induced transparency
Optics
Physics
Quantum optics
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Summary:We use the multiple scales method to derive a generalized nonlinear Schrödinger equation that takes into account the dissipative effects in the reorientation of a nematic confined in a cylindrical waveguide. This equation has soliton-like solutions and predicts a decrease in the penetration length of the optical solitons for each propagating mode with respect to the dissipationless case.
ISSN:0030-4018
1873-0310
DOI:10.1016/S0030-4018(01)01419-5