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Molding optical waveguides with nematicons

Molding optical waveguides with nematicons
Molding optical waveguides with nematicons
We demonstrate that a crosslinked polymer network can permanently mold spatial soliton waveguides into nematic liquid crystals for the confinements of optical signals, paving the way towards a novel bottom-up technology for guided-wave photonics with beam-shaped circuits. Moreover, we show that stabilization through polymerization is effective in quenching the trajectory fluctuations of such spatial solitons–nematicons-, allowing also their real-time use for all-optical signal processing.
Karimi, Nazarin
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Virkki, Matti
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Alberucci, Alessandro
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Buchnev, Oleksandr
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Kauranen, Martti
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Virkki, Matti
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Alberucci, Alessandro
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Buchnev, Oleksandr
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Karimi, Nazarin, Virkki, Matti, Alberucci, Alessandro, Buchnev, Oleksandr and Kauranen, Martti (2017) Molding optical waveguides with nematicons. Advanced Optical Materials. (In Press)

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We demonstrate that a crosslinked polymer network can permanently mold spatial soliton waveguides into nematic liquid crystals for the confinements of optical signals, paving the way towards a novel bottom-up technology for guided-wave photonics with beam-shaped circuits. Moreover, we show that stabilization through polymerization is effective in quenching the trajectory fluctuations of such spatial solitons–nematicons-, allowing also their real-time use for all-optical signal processing.

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Accepted/In Press date: 13 April 2017

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Local EPrints ID: 412150
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/412150
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Date deposited: 12 Jul 2017 16:30
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 05:32

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Author: Nazarin Karimi
Author: Matti Virkki
Author: Alessandro Alberucci
Author: Oleksandr Buchnev
Author: Martti Kauranen

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