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Optical nonlinearity of self-focusing type is investigated both theoretically and experimentally, which is due to reorientation of the cholesteric director by the light field, the effective nonlinear susceptability decreasing abruptly with the shortening of the pitch P.
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Pilipetsky et al. (1983) studied this question.
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