Nematicons in twisted liquid crystals

Authors

  • Urszula A. Laudyn Warsaw University of Technology, Faculty of Physics
  • Michał Kwaśny Warsaw University of Technology, Faculty of Physics
  • Katarzyna Jaworowicz Warsaw University of Technology, Faculty of Physics
  • Katarzyna A. Rutkowska Warsaw University of Technology, Faculty of Physics
  • Miroslaw A. Karpierz Warsaw University of Technology, Faculty of Physics
  • Gaetano Assanto University "Roma Tre", Rome

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4302/photon.%20lett.%20pl.v1i1.11

Abstract

In this work we demonstrate the properties of spatial solitary waves (nematicons) in a twisted nematic liquid crystalline film. Such self-trapped beams were created due to optical reorientation nonlinearity for a light power of a few tenths of milliwats at the distances of a few millimeters. Additionally, it was demonstrated that a weak signal beam can be guided in a channel formed by a nematicon.

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Author Biography

Miroslaw A. Karpierz, Warsaw University of Technology, Faculty of Physics

PhD, DSc, professor at Warsaw University of Technology. Field of interest: nonlinear optics and photonics. Member of the SPIE, OSA, Polish Physical Society, Photonics Society of Poland.

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2009-03-28

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U. A. Laudyn, M. Kwaśny, K. Jaworowicz, K. A. Rutkowska, M. A. Karpierz, and G. Assanto, “Nematicons in twisted liquid crystals”, Photonics Lett. Pol., vol. 1, no. 1, pp. pp. 7–9, Mar. 2009.

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Vol. 1 No. 1 (2009)

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