Soliton bending and routing induced by interaction with curved surfaces in nematic liquid crystals

Yana V. Izdebskaya; Vladlen G. Shvedov; Anton S. Desyatnikov; Wieslaw Krolikowski; Yuri S. Kivshar

doi:10.1364/OL.35.001692

Soliton bending and routing induced by interaction with curved surfaces in nematic liquid crystals

Yana V. Izdebskaya, Vladlen G. Shvedov, Anton S. Desyatnikov, Wieslaw Krolikowski, Yuri S. Kivshar

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We study experimentally the interaction of spatial optical solitons with curved dielectric surfaces in unbiased nematic liquid crystals. We demonstrate that this interaction depends on the curvature of the surface and the walk-off, and it can be employed for efficient routing and control of the soliton trajectories. We also observe a large-angle total internal reflection of the soliton beam from an interface between liquid crystal and air.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1692-1694
Number of pages	3
Journal	Optics Letters
Volume	35
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.35.001692
Publication status	Published - 15 May 2010

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