Nematicons deflection through interaction with disclination lines in chiral nematic liquid crystals

被引：10
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作者：
Laudyn, Urszula A. [1 ]
Karpierz, Miroslaw A. [1 ]
机构：
[1] Warsaw Univ Technol, Fac Phys, PL-00662 Warsaw, Poland
来源：
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS | 2013年 / 103卷 / 22期
关键词：
SPATIAL SOLITONS; BEAMS; REFLECTION; REFRACTION;
D O I：
10.1063/1.4832478
中图分类号：
O59 [应用物理学];
学科分类号：
摘要：
In this work, we study experimentally the interaction of spatial optical soliton in chiral nematic liquid crystals with disclination line created in a wedge shaped cell. We show that in most cases the self-confined beam preserves this interaction. We demonstrate that this interaction can be employed for efficient bending of the soliton trajectory, as a result of reflection and refraction. (C) 2013 AIP Publishing LLC.
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