Light-Induced Waveguides in Nematic Liquid Crystals

Gaetano Assanto; Noel F. Smyth

doi:10.1109/JSTQE.2015.2446762

Light-Induced Waveguides in Nematic Liquid Crystals

Gaetano Assanto, Noel F. Smyth

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Spatial optical solitary waves in media with nonlinear refractive index are self-localized beams as well as waveguides induced by light. We review their guiding features in reorientational birefringent soft matter, namely nematic liquid crystals, for which a highly "nonlocal" response enhances the confinement, stabilization, and robustness of the generated optical solitary waves, termed "nematicons." The waveguiding properties of the spatial solitons in nematic liquid crystals are illustrated through the confinement of low-power signals and other solitary waves, as well as optical vortices.

Alkuperäiskieli	Englanti
Artikkeli	7128341
Julkaisu	IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics
Vuosikerta	22
Numero	2
Varhainen verkossa julkaisun päivämäärä	18 kesäk. 2015
DOI - pysyväislinkit	https://doi.org/10.1109/JSTQE.2015.2446762
Tila	Julkaistu - 2015
OKM-julkaisutyyppi	A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä

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