Peccianti Marco, Fratalocchi Andrea, Assanto Gaetano
Opt Express. 2004 Dec 27;12(26):6524-9. doi: 10.1364/opex.12.006524.
Optical anisotropy plays a fundamental role on light propagation in nematic liquid crystals. With specific reference to nematicons, we investigate the transverse dynamics due to the interplay of nonlinear self-confinement, birefringent walk-off and a bias-dependent transverse index profile.