Nematicons in twisted and chiral nematics

Author

Jaworowicz, K. ; Laudyn, U.A. ; Rutkowska, K.A. ; Karpierz, M.A.

Author_Institution

Fac. of Phys., Warsaw Univ. of Technol., Warsaw

fYear

2008

fDate

14-16 Jan. 2008

Firstpage

113

Lastpage

114

Abstract

Spatial solitons observed in nematic liquid crystals, called as nematicons, possess unique properties that can be applied in all-optical switching and routing elements. Theoretical predictions and experimental results show the facility to steer direction of nematicons propagation both in 1+1 dimensional planar waveguides as well as in 2+1 dimensional structures. In this work we present the properties of nematicons in different configurations including twisted and chiral nematic liquid crystalline films. Due to the optical reorientational nonlinearity the spatial solitary waves were created for a light power of few tenths of milliwats at the distances of few millimeters.

Keywords

liquid crystal devices; liquid films; nematic liquid crystals; optical planar waveguides; optical solitons; optical switches; 2D planar waveguides; 3D structures; all-optical switching; chiral nematics; nematic liquid crystals; nematicons; optical reorientational nonlinearity; routing elements; spatial solitons; twisted nematics; Crystallization; Liquid crystals; Optical films; Optical planar waveguides; Optical propagation; Optical waveguide theory; Optical waveguides; Planar waveguides; Routing; Solitons;

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.2008.4444426

Filename

4444426