Soliton gating and switching in liquid crystal light valve

A. Piccardi, A. Alberucci, U. Bortolozzo, S. Residori and G. Assanto

Appl. Phys. Lett. 96, 071104 (2010)

Abstract:

Using a photocunductive light valve with nematic liquid crystals, we introduce a versatile platform for the excitation and routing of spatial optical solitons, with external beams controlling the whereabouts of the underlying all-optical induced waveguides and their spatial dynamics. Using this all-optical control of soliton trajectory, we demonstrate a NOR gate, an XNOR and a Boolean half-adder