We provide an overview of recent experimental and theoretical developments in the area of
optical discrete solitons. By nature, discrete solitons represent self-trapped wavepackets in …

Liquid crystals are nowadays widely used in all types of display applications. However their
unique electro-optic properties also make them a suitable material for nondisplay …

In this study, lump, lump one-strip, lump two-strip, rogue wave, manifold periodic type exact
solutions are produced via appropriate transformation scheme by taking into account the …

We review the recent developments of spatial optical solitons in nematic liquid crystals, also
known as Nematicons. We outline their properties, linked to a reorientational nonlinearity in …

In certain materials, the spontaneous spreading of a laser beam (owing to diffraction) can be
compensated for by the interplay of optical intensity and material nonlinearity. The resulting …

This analysis utilizes the generalized Riccati simple equation method to construct
nematicons in liquid crystals from its governing system. A new type of nonlinearity is studied …

Light filaments or optical spatial solitons are self-confined (non-spreading) beams that
originate from the balance between diffraction and self-focusing in nonlinear optical media …

Spatial solitons in nematic liquid crystals (NLC) are optical beams that maintain their
transverse profile due to the self-focusing effect of light. The mechanism leading to the …

Featured Applications optical communications, optical sensors. Abstract Liquid crystals are
interesting linear and nonlinear optical materials used to make a wide variety of devices …

We review publications on transverse dynamics in cavity nonlinear optics during the years
2000–2003. Topics covered are transverse pattern dynamics, localized structures, scaling of …