Vector vortex solitons in nematic liquid crystals

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

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Abstract

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 languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1414-1416
Number of pages3
JournalOptics Letters
Volume34
Issue number9
Publication statusPublished - 1 May 2009

Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)

  • NONLOCAL NONLINEAR MEDIA

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