Electrically assisted self-confinement and waveguiding in planar nematic liquid crystal cells

Authors
Peccianti, M De Rossi, A Assanto, G De Luca, A Umeton, C Khoo, IC
Citation
M. Peccianti et al., Electrically assisted self-confinement and waveguiding in planar nematic liquid crystal cells, APPL PHYS L, 77(1), 2000, pp. 7-9
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS
ISSN journal
00036951 → ACNP
Volume
77
Issue
1
Year of publication
2000
Pages
7 - 9
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-6951(20000703)77:1<7:EASAWI>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
We report on spatial soliton formation and self/cross waveguiding in planar cells containing a nematic liquid crystal in the presence of an externally applied voltage. Self-confinement and cross-induced guidance are demonstra ted with an Argon ion laser (514 nm) and a helium-neon probe (633 nm), resp ectively, over millimeter lengths and with milliwatt pump powers. (C) 2000 American Institute of Physics. [S0003-6951(00)01427-3].