Soliton bending and routing induced by interaction with curved surfaces in nematic liquid crystals
Optics Letters, Vol. 35, Issue 10, pp. 1692-1694 (2010)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.35.001692
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Abstract
We study experimentally the interaction of spatial optical solitons with curved dielectric surfaces in unbiased nematic liquid crystals. We demonstrate that this interaction depends on the curvature of the surface and the walk-off, and it can be employed for efficient routing and control of the soliton trajectories. We also observe a large-angle total internal reflection of the soliton beam from an interface between liquid crystal and air.
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OCIS Codes
(190.0190) Nonlinear optics : Nonlinear optics
(190.5940) Nonlinear optics : Self-action effects
ToC Category:
Nonlinear Optics
History
Original Manuscript: January 19, 2010
Revised Manuscript: March 16, 2010
Manuscript Accepted: April 9, 2010
Published: May 14, 2010
Citation
Yana V. Izdebskaya, Vladlen G. Shvedov, Anton S. Desyatnikov, Wieslaw Krolikowski, and Yuri S. Kivshar, "Soliton bending and routing induced by interaction with curved surfaces in nematic liquid crystals," Opt. Lett. 35, 1692-1694 (2010)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ol/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-35-10-1692
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