Discrete light propagation and self-trapping in liquid crystals

A. Fratalocchi, G. Assanto, K.A. Brzdakiewicz, and M.A. Karpierz

Opt. Express 13, 1808-1815 (2005)

Abstract:

We investigate light propagation and self-localization in a voltage-controlled array of channel waveguides realized in undoped nematic liquid crystals. We report on discrete diffraction and solitons, as well as all-optical angular steering and the formation of multiband vector breathers. The results and are in excellent agreement with both coupled mode theory and full numerical simulations.