Discrete light propagation and self-trapping in liquid crystals

Andrea Fratalocchi; Gaetano Assanto; Kasia A. Brzda̧kiewicz; Mirek A. Karpierz

doi:10.1364/OPEX.13.001808

Discrete light propagation and self-trapping in liquid crystals

Andrea Fratalocchi^*, Gaetano Assanto, Kasia A. Brzda̧kiewicz, Mirek A. Karpierz

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We investigate light propagation and self-localization in a voltage-controlled array of channel waveguides realized in undoped nematic liquid crystals. We report on discrete diffraction and solitons, as well as all-optical angular steering and the formation of multiband vector breathers. The results and are in excellent agreement with both coupled mode theory and full numerical simulations.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1808-1815
Number of pages	8
Journal	Optics Express
Volume	13
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OPEX.13.001808
State	Published - Mar 2005
Externally published	Yes

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Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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