Abstract
We demonstrate that, in suitably designed cells with undoped nematic liquid crystals, extraordinary-wave spatial solitons can be excited at every applied voltage without adjustments in the input polarization. Their walk-off, hence direction of propagation, is externally controlled over angles as large as 7°. The results pave the way not only to polarization-forgiving generation but also to voltage readdressing of these extraordinary-wave nematicons.
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