Magnetic routing of light-induced waveguides

Yana Izdebskaya; Vladlen Shvedov; Gaetano Assanto; Wieslaw Krolikowski

doi:10.1038/ncomms14452

Nature Communications (Feb 2017)

Magnetic routing of light-induced waveguides

Yana Izdebskaya,
Vladlen Shvedov,
Gaetano Assanto,
Wieslaw Krolikowski

Affiliations

Yana Izdebskaya: Laser Physics Center, Research School of Physics and Engineering, Australian National University
Vladlen Shvedov: Laser Physics Center, Research School of Physics and Engineering, Australian National University
Gaetano Assanto: NooEL—Nonlinear Optics and OptoElectronics Lab, University of Rome ‘Roma Tre’
Wieslaw Krolikowski: Laser Physics Center, Research School of Physics and Engineering, Australian National University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14452
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 6

Abstract

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Nematic liquid crystals are frequently used as a reconfigurable material to control light propagation and as a nonlinear medium supporting solitons. Here, the authors demonstrate steering of such solitons in bulk nematic liquid crystals without lateral anchoring by external magnetic fields.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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