Abstract
Launching a mW-power linearly-polarized Ar-laser beam in voltage-biased planar cells with undoped nematic liquid crystals we generated (2+1)D spatial solitons either employing coherent or incoherent beams. Self-trapping as-well-as guidance of a He-Ne probe were demonstrated.
© 2001 Optical Society of America
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