Light feedback in a Liquid-Crystal-light-Valve can render the Freedericksz transition a first order one. A theoretical and experimental study of this first order transition is presented. An amplitude equation is derived, ...

Light feedback in a Liquid-Crystal-light-Valve can render the Fréedericksz transition a first order one. A theoretical and experimental study of this first order transition is presented. An amplitude equation is derived, ...

We show that in a liquid-crystal-light-valve with optical feedback the Freedericksz transition displays a subcritical character. ´ Experimentally, we determine the extension of the bistable region and we study the propagation ...

In this article we review the conditions for the appearance of localized states in a nonlinear optical system, with particular reference to the liquid crystal light valve (LCLV) experiment. The localized structures here ...

Extreme events such as rogue waves are often associated with the merging of coherent structures. We report on experimental results in the physics of extreme events emerging in a liquid-crystal light valve subjected to ...

Extreme events such as rogue waves are often associated with the merging of coherent structures. We report on experimental results in the physics of extreme events emerging in a liquid-crystal light valve subjected to ...