Patterned electrode steering of nematicons

被引：43
作者：
Beeckman, J
Neyts, K
Haelterman, M
机构：
[1] Univ Ghent, Liquid Crystals & Photon Grp, Dept Elect & Inoformat Syst, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
[2] Univ Libre Bruxelles, Serv Opt & Acoust, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
来源：
JOURNAL OF OPTICS A-PURE AND APPLIED OPTICS | 2006年 / 8卷 / 02期
关键词：
liquid crystals; spatial optical solitons; electro-optic devices;
D O I：
10.1088/1464-4258/8/2/018
中图分类号：
O43 [光学];
学科分类号：
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要：
The interaction of spatial optical solitons in nematic liquid crystals or nematicons with electrically induced waveguides is investigated experimentally and numerically. Our observations show that broad multimode waveguides are able to guide nematicons and permit an angular steering of the signal. This opens the way to combining the all-optical properties of spatial solitons with the reconfigurability of the electrically induced waveguides. Our numerical model is in good agreement with the observed phenomena.
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页码：214 / 220
页数：7
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