Optical isolation via direction-dependent soliton routing in birefringent soft matter

Enrique Calisto Leiva; Noel F Smyth; GAETANO  ASSANTO

doi:10.1364/OL.459564

Optical isolation via direction-dependent soliton routing in birefringent soft matter

Enrique Calisto Leiva, Noel F Smyth, GAETANO ASSANTO

School of Mathematics

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Abstract

We introduce optical isolation based on reorientational solitary waves in non-uniformly oriented uniaxial soft matter, namely nematic liquid crystals. A longitudinally non-symmetric angular distribution of the optic axis provides the system with direction dependent routing,
resulting in an all-optical diode owing to input side sensitive steering. Numerical experiments demonstrate the phenomenon and its effectiveness in realistic samples.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2782-2785
Journal	Optics Letters
Volume	47
Issue number	11
Early online date	9 May 2022
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.459564
Publication status	Published - 1 Jun 2022

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