Spatial Solitons in Azobenzene Liquid Crystals

Svetlana V. Serak; Nelson V. Tabiryan

doi:10.1364/NLO.2007.WB7

Nonlinear Optics: Materials, Fundamentals and Applications
OSA Technical Digest (CD) (Optica Publishing Group, 2007),
paper WB7
•https://doi.org/10.1364/NLO.2007.WB7

Spatial Solitons in Azobenzene Liquid Crystals

Svetlana V. Serak and Nelson V. Tabiryan

Nonlinear Optics: Materials, Fundamentals and Applications 2007

Kona, Hawaii United States
ISBN: 1-55752-843-8

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S. V. Serak and N. V. Tabiryan, "Spatial Solitons in Azobenzene Liquid Crystals," in Nonlinear Optics: Materials, Fundamentals and Applications, OSA Technical Digest (CD) (Optica Publishing Group, 2007), paper WB7.

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Abstract

Reversible photoisomerization of azobenzene liquid crystal molecules allows formation of solitons at microwatt power levels of a He-Ne laser beam. Steering, deflection, merging and all-optical switching of spatial solitons were observed.

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