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Nematicon — In optics, a nematicon is a spatial optical soliton in a nematic liquid crystal. The name was invented in 2003 by G. Assanto [1]. Nematicons are generated by the special type of optical nonlinearity that is present in nematic LCs: the optical… … Wikipedia
Liquid crystal — Schlieren texture of liquid crystal nematic phase Liquid crystals (LCs) are a state of matter that have properties between those of a conventional liquid and those of a solid crystal.[1] For instance, an LC may flow like a liquid, but its… … Wikipedia
Soliton (optics) — In optics, the term soliton is used to refer to any optical field that does not change during propagation because of a delicate balance between nonlinear and linear effects in the medium. There are two main kinds of solitons: spatial solitons:… … Wikipedia
