Discrete light propagation and self-localization in voltage-controlled arrays of channel waveguides in undoped nematic liquid crystals

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

Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 453, 191-202 (2006)

Abstract:

We review linear and nonlinear light propagation in a voltage-tunable liquid crystalline waveguide array. We report on discrete diffraction, discrete soliton generation, all-optical beam steering, multiband vector breathers and Bloch oscillations. The predictions, based on full numerical BPM simulations, are in excellent agreement with the experimental results.