Thermo-optic soliton routing in nematic liquid crystals

Urszula A. Laudyn; Armando Piccardi; Michal Kwasny; Mirosław A. Karpierz; Gaetano Assanto

doi:10.1364/OL.43.002296

Thermo-optic soliton routing in nematic liquid crystals

Urszula A. Laudyn, Armando Piccardi, Michal Kwasny, Mirosław A. Karpierz, Gaetano Assanto

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We demonstrate thermo-optic control on the propagation of optical spatial solitons in nematic liquid crystals. By varying the sample temperature, both linear and nonlinear optical properties of the reorientational material are modulated by acting on the refractive indices, the birefringence, and the elastic response. As a result, both the trajectory and transverse confinement of spatial solitons can be adjusted, demonstrating an effective means to tune and readdress self-induced optical waveguides.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2296-2299
Number of pages	4
Journal	Optics Letters
Volume	43
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.43.002296
Publication status	Published - 15 May 2018
Publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

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Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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