Title :
Spatial solitons in chiral nematic liquid crystals
Author :
Laudyn, Urszula A. ; Kwasny, Michal ; Karpierz, Miroslaw A.
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Phys., Warsaw Univ. of Technol., Warsaw
Abstract :
We demonstrate experimentally the existence of spatial solitons in a chiral nematic liquid crystal planar cell. Due to the optical reorientational nonlinearity there were created for a light power of a few milliwatts. The low absorption allows us to observe soliton propagation distance over lengths of a few millimeters.
Keywords :
nematic liquid crystals; optical solitons; chiral nematic liquid crystals; light power; low absorption; optical reorientational nonlinearity; soliton propagation; spatial solitons; Birefringence; Glass; Liquid crystal devices; Liquid crystals; Nonlinear optical devices; Nonlinear optics; Optical polarization; Optical propagation; Optical solitons; Photonic crystals;
Conference_Titel :
Mediterranean Winter, 2008. ICTON-MW 2008. 2nd ICTON
Conference_Location :
Marrakech
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3484-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3485-5
DOI :
10.1109/ICTONMW.2008.4773066
