• DocumentCode
    2929092
  • Title

    Spatial solitons and their deflection in liquid crystals

  • Author

    Peccianti, Marco ; Assanto, Gaetano

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. Eng., Univ. Roma Tre, Rome
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    14-16 Jan. 2008
  • Firstpage
    111
  • Lastpage
    112
  • Abstract
    We review our achievements in tunable deflection of (2D+1) spatial solitons via electrically and optically induced dielectric perturbations in nematic liquid crystal.
  • Keywords
    electro-optical effects; nematic liquid crystals; optical solitons; optical tuning; electrically induced dielectric perturbations; nematic liquid crystal; optically induced dielectric perturbations; spatial solitons; tunable deflection; Electrodes; Lenses; Liquid crystals; Nonlinear optics; Optical propagation; Optical refraction; Optical solitons; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides; Robustness;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    IEEE/LEOS Winter Topical Meeting Series, 2008
  • Conference_Location
    Sorrento
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1594-6
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1595-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOSWT.2008.4444425
  • Filename
    4444425