Vector vortex solitons in nematic liquid crystals

Zhiyong Xu; Noel F. Smyth; Antonmaria A. Minzoni; Yuri S. Kivshar

Vector vortex solitons in nematic liquid crystals

Zhiyong Xu, Noel F. Smyth, Antonmaria A. Minzoni, Yuri S. Kivshar

School of Mathematics

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We analyze the existence and stability of two-component vector solitons in nematic liquid crystals for which one of the components carries angular momentum and describes a vortex beam. We demonstrate that the nonlocal, nonlinear response can dramatically enhance the field coupling leading to the stabilization of the vortex beam when the amplitude of the second beam exceeds some threshold value. We develop a variational approach to describe this effect analytically. (C) 2009 Optical Society of America

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1414-1416
Number of pages	3
Journal	Optics Letters
Volume	34
Issue number	9
Publication status	Published - 1 May 2009

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NONLOCAL NONLINEAR MEDIA

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Optical vortces in nonlocal nonlinear media.
Smyth, N. (Principal Investigator)
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