Abstract
We review theoretical and experimental results on spatial solitons in nematic liquid crystalline cells, including two-dimensional solitons in bulk and discrete solitons in one-dimensional waveguide arrays. In bulk we describe the propagation of continuous solitons in the presence of adjustable walk-off, their interaction with light-induced defects and refraction-reflection at a voltage-tunable interface. In optical lattices we address the transition from discrete diffraction to localization, as well as all-optical beam steering.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 5248-5259 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | Optics Express |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue number | 8 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Apr 16 2007 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics