Nonlocality-controlled interaction of spatial solitons in nematic liquid crystals

Details Nonlocality-controlled interaction of spatial solitons in nematic liquid crystals Nonlocality-controlled interaction of spatial solitons in nematic liquid crystals

2006-02-24

arxiv.org/abs/physics/0602174v2

Applied Physics Letters 89, 071111 (2006)

Physics

Optics

3 pages, 4 figures

Scientific paper

10.1063/1.2337268

We demonstrate experimentally that the interactions between a pair of nonlocal spatial optical solitons in a nematic liquid crystal (NLC) can be controlled by the degree of nonlocality. For a given beam width, the degree of nonlocality can be modulated by varying the pretilt angle of NLC molecules via the change of the bias. When the pretilt angle is smaller than pi/4, the nonlocality is strong enough to guarantee the independence of the interactions on the phase difference of the solitons. As the pretilt angle increases, the degree of nonlocality decreases. When the degree is below its critical value, the two solitons behavior in the way like their local counterpart: the two in-phase solitons attract and the two out-of-phase solitons repulse.

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