Spatial solitons carrying phase singularities in nematic liquid crystals

Yana V. Izdebskaya; Anton S. Desyatnikov; Gaetano Assanto; Yuri Kivshar

doi:10.1109/IQEC-CLEO.2011.6194139

Spatial solitons carrying phase singularities in nematic liquid crystals

Yana V. Izdebskaya^*, Anton S. Desyatnikov, Gaetano Assanto, Yuri Kivshar

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

We demonstrate self-trapped laser beams carrying optical vortices in nematic liquid crystals. We experimentally observe astigmatic transformations of vortex beams into spiralling dipole azimuthons accompanied by a nontrivial power-dependent charge-flipping of on-axis phase dislocations.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2011 Int. Quantum Electr. Conf., IQEC 2011 Conf Lasers Electro-Optics, CLEO Pacific Rim 2011 Incorporating Australasian Conf. on Optics, Lasers Spectrosc. Australian Conf. Optical Fibre Technol.- Conf
Pages	444-445
Number of pages	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/IQEC-CLEO.2011.6194139
Publication status	Published - 2011
Event	2011 International Quantum Electronics Conference, IQEC 2011 and Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO Pacific Rim 2011 - Sydney, NSW, Australia Duration: 28 Aug 2011 → 1 Sept 2011

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Name	2011 Int. Quantum Electron. Conf., IQEC 2011 and Conf. Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO Pacific Rim 2011 Incorporating the Australasian Conf. Optics, Lasers and Spectroscopy and the Australian Conf.

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Conference	2011 International Quantum Electronics Conference, IQEC 2011 and Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO Pacific Rim 2011
Country/Territory	Australia
City	Sydney, NSW
Period	28/08/11 → 1/09/11

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Izdebskaya, Y. V., Desyatnikov, A. S., Assanto, G., & Kivshar, Y. (2011). Spatial solitons carrying phase singularities in nematic liquid crystals. In 2011 Int. Quantum Electr. Conf., IQEC 2011 Conf Lasers Electro-Optics, CLEO Pacific Rim 2011 Incorporating Australasian Conf. on Optics, Lasers Spectrosc. Australian Conf. Optical Fibre Technol.- Conf (pp. 444-445). Article 6194139 (2011 Int. Quantum Electron. Conf., IQEC 2011 and Conf. Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO Pacific Rim 2011 Incorporating the Australasian Conf. Optics, Lasers and Spectroscopy and the Australian Conf.). https://doi.org/10.1109/IQEC-CLEO.2011.6194139

Izdebskaya, Yana V. ; Desyatnikov, Anton S. ; Assanto, Gaetano et al. / Spatial solitons carrying phase singularities in nematic liquid crystals. 2011 Int. Quantum Electr. Conf., IQEC 2011 Conf Lasers Electro-Optics, CLEO Pacific Rim 2011 Incorporating Australasian Conf. on Optics, Lasers Spectrosc. Australian Conf. Optical Fibre Technol.- Conf. 2011. pp. 444-445 (2011 Int. Quantum Electron. Conf., IQEC 2011 and Conf. Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO Pacific Rim 2011 Incorporating the Australasian Conf. Optics, Lasers and Spectroscopy and the Australian Conf.).

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Izdebskaya, YV, Desyatnikov, AS, Assanto, G & Kivshar, Y 2011, Spatial solitons carrying phase singularities in nematic liquid crystals. in 2011 Int. Quantum Electr. Conf., IQEC 2011 Conf Lasers Electro-Optics, CLEO Pacific Rim 2011 Incorporating Australasian Conf. on Optics, Lasers Spectrosc. Australian Conf. Optical Fibre Technol.- Conf., 6194139, 2011 Int. Quantum Electron. Conf., IQEC 2011 and Conf. Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO Pacific Rim 2011 Incorporating the Australasian Conf. Optics, Lasers and Spectroscopy and the Australian Conf., pp. 444-445, 2011 International Quantum Electronics Conference, IQEC 2011 and Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO Pacific Rim 2011, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 28/08/11. https://doi.org/10.1109/IQEC-CLEO.2011.6194139

Spatial solitons carrying phase singularities in nematic liquid crystals. / Izdebskaya, Yana V.; Desyatnikov, Anton S.; Assanto, Gaetano et al.
2011 Int. Quantum Electr. Conf., IQEC 2011 Conf Lasers Electro-Optics, CLEO Pacific Rim 2011 Incorporating Australasian Conf. on Optics, Lasers Spectrosc. Australian Conf. Optical Fibre Technol.- Conf. 2011. p. 444-445 6194139 (2011 Int. Quantum Electron. Conf., IQEC 2011 and Conf. Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO Pacific Rim 2011 Incorporating the Australasian Conf. Optics, Lasers and Spectroscopy and the Australian Conf.).

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Izdebskaya YV, Desyatnikov AS, Assanto G, Kivshar Y. Spatial solitons carrying phase singularities in nematic liquid crystals. In 2011 Int. Quantum Electr. Conf., IQEC 2011 Conf Lasers Electro-Optics, CLEO Pacific Rim 2011 Incorporating Australasian Conf. on Optics, Lasers Spectrosc. Australian Conf. Optical Fibre Technol.- Conf. 2011. p. 444-445. 6194139. (2011 Int. Quantum Electron. Conf., IQEC 2011 and Conf. Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO Pacific Rim 2011 Incorporating the Australasian Conf. Optics, Lasers and Spectroscopy and the Australian Conf.). doi: 10.1109/IQEC-CLEO.2011.6194139

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