Accelerated optical solitons in reorientational media with transverse invariance and longitudinally modulated birefringence

Urszula A. Laudyn; Michał Kwaśny; Mirosław A. Karpierz; Noel F. Smyth; Gaetano Assanto

doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.98.023810

Accelerated optical solitons in reorientational media with transverse invariance and longitudinally modulated birefringence

Urszula A. Laudyn, Michał Kwaśny, Mirosław A. Karpierz, Noel F. Smyth, Gaetano Assanto

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We demonstrate that reorientational spatial solitons can curve when propagating in a medium with engineered walk-off along the direction of propagation. In this regard, we employ nematic liquid crystals with molecular anchoring defined by electron-beam lithography and optic axis distribution modulated in the longitudinal direction only, keeping the transverse orientation constant. The experimental results are in remarkably good agreement with a simple modulation theory based on momentum conservation.

Original language	English
Article number	023810
Journal	Physical Review A
Volume	98
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.98.023810
Publication status	Published - 7 Aug 2018
Publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

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Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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