@inproceedings{23dead04852c47628cb512653169b770,
title = "Spatial solitons carrying phase singularities in nematic liquid crystals",
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.",
author = "Izdebskaya, \{Yana V.\} and Desyatnikov, \{Anton S.\} and Gaetano Assanto and Yuri Kivshar",
year = "2011",
doi = "10.1109/IQEC-CLEO.2011.6194139",
language = "English",
isbn = "9780977565771",
series = "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.",
pages = "444--445",
booktitle = "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",
note = "2011 International Quantum Electronics Conference, IQEC 2011 and Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO Pacific Rim 2011 ; Conference date: 28-08-2011 Through 01-09-2011",
}