Electro-optic steering of Nematicons

Authors

  • Gaetano Assanto University Roma Tre, Department of Electronic Engineering
  • Armando Piccardi University Roma Tre, Department of Electronic Engineering
  • Raouf Barboza University Roma Tre, Department of Electronic Engineering
  • Alessandro Alberucci University Roma Tre, Department of Electronic Engineering

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4302/photon.%20lett.%20pl.v4i1.265

Abstract

We study the angular steering of spatial solitons in nematic liquid crystals, i.e. nematicons, exploiting their electro-optic response. Approaches to electro-optic steering include acting on the optic axis and walk-off, propagating the soliton through a voltage-adjusted refractive interface or getting it totally internally reflected. Using comb electrodes in a planar cell, maximum angular deflections of 70° are expected with the standard nematic liquid crystal mixture E7.

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Author Biographies

Gaetano Assanto, University Roma Tre, Department of Electronic Engineering

full professor

Armando Piccardi, University Roma Tre, Department of Electronic Engineering

post-doc researcher

Raouf Barboza, University Roma Tre, Department of Electronic Engineering

phd student

Alessandro Alberucci, University Roma Tre, Department of Electronic Engineering

post-doc researcher

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2012-03-29

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G. Assanto, A. Piccardi, R. Barboza, and A. Alberucci, “Electro-optic steering of Nematicons”, Photonics Lett. Pol., vol. 4, no. 1, pp. pp. 2–4, Mar. 2012.

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