• DocumentCode
    1912397
  • Title

    Self-induced mode converter

  • Author

    Izdebskaya, Yana V. ; Desyatnikov, Anton S. ; Kivshar, Yuri S.

  • Author_Institution
    Nonlinear Phys. Centre, Australian Nat. Univ., Canberra, ACT, Australia
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    10-11 Sept. 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We report on the experimental and theoretical investigation of nonlinear transformations of higher-order spatial solitons in nematic liquid crystals. We demonstrate the power-dependent conversion of a quadrupole Hermite-Gaussian mode into a single-ring Laguerre-Gaussian modal beam. We show that anisotropy induced by the boundary conditions of nematic cell strongly affects the conversion induced by nonlinear dynamics in nematic with nonlocal reorientational optical response.
  • Keywords
    laser beams; laser modes; nematic liquid crystals; optical materials; optical solitons; anisotropy; boundary conditions; higher-order spatial solitons; nematic cell; nematic liquid crystals; nonlinear dynamics; nonlinear transformations; nonlocal reorientational optical response; power-dependent conversion; quadrupole Hermite-Gaussian mode; self-induced mode converter; single-ring Laguerre-Gaussian modal beam; Laser beams; Liquid crystals; Media; Nonlinear optics; Optical solitons; Optimized production technology;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Nonlinear Photonics (NLP), 2013 IEEE 2nd International Workshop
  • Conference_Location
    Sudak
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4799-1116-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/NLP.2013.6646370
  • Filename
    6646370