Spatial Optical Solitons in Bulk Nematic Liquid Crystals

• Authors: G. Assanto , M. Peccianti , C. Conti
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

We present an overview of our recent experimental results on two-dimensional optical spatial solitons in voltage biased planar cells with nematic liquid crystals. Excitation, induced waveguiding, and interactions are illustrated and interpreted in terms of the inherent re-orientational, non-resonant and nonlocal nonlinear response.

Keywords

EN

42.70.Df; 42.65.Tg

Discipline

• 42.65.Tg: Optical solitons; nonlinear guided waves(for solitons in fibers, see 42.81.Dp)
• 42.70.Df: Liquid crystals(for structure of liquid crystals, see 61.30.-v)

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2003
• Volume: 103
• Issue: 2-3
• Pages: 161-167

Dates

published

2003-02/03

received

2002-09-05

Contributors

author

G. Assanto

• National Institute for the Physics of Matter, Department of Electronic Engineering, Terza University of Rome, Via della Vasca Navale 84, 00146 Rome, Italy

author

M. Peccianti

• National Institute for the Physics of Matter, Department of Electronic Engineering, Terza University of Rome, Via della Vasca Navale 84, 00146 Rome, Italy

author

C. Conti

• National Institute for the Physics of Matter, Department of Electronic Engineering, Terza University of Rome, Via della Vasca Navale 84, 00146 Rome, Italy

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.103.161