Observation of light-induced reorientational effects in periodic structures with planar nematic-liquid-crystal defects
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with planar nematic-liquid-crystal defects Urszula A. Laudyn, Andrey E. Miroshnichenko, Wieslaw Krolikowski, Deng Feng Chen, Yuri S. Kivshar, and Miroslaw A. Karpierz Warsaw University of Technology, Faculty of Physics, Koszykowa 75, 00-662 Warsaw, Poland Nonlinear Physics Centre and Laser Physics Centre, Centre for Ultra-high Bandwidth Devices for Optical Systems (CUDOS), Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
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