Title :
Spatial solitons and their deflection in liquid crystals
Author :
Peccianti, Marco ; Assanto, Gaetano
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Univ. Roma Tre, Rome
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/LEOSWT.2008.4444425
