Interactions of Self-Localised Optical Wavepackets in Reorientational Soft Matter

The interaction of optical solitary waves in nematic liquid crystals, nematicons and vortices, with other nematicons and localised structures, such as refractive index changes, is reviewed. Such interactions are shown to enable simple routing schemes as a basis for all-optical guided wave signal man...

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Main Authors: Gaetano Assanto, Timothy R. Marchant, Noel F. Smyth
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-03-01
Series:Applied Sciences
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/5/2607