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Spatially incoherent modulational instability in a non local medium

Marco Peccianti, Claudio Conti, Emiliano Alberici, Gaetano Assanto

physics.opticsarXiv:physics/0409139

Abstract

We investigate one-dimensional transverse modulational instability in a non local medium excited with a spatially incoherent source. Employing undoped nematic liquid crystals in a planar pre-tilted configuration, we investigate the role of the spectral broadening induced by incoherence in conjunction with the spatially non local molecular reorientation. The phenomenon is modeled using the Wigner transform.

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