scholarly journals Beam Propagation Method for Liquid Crystal-Core Optical Fiber Waveguides

1999 ◽  
Vol 95 (5) ◽  
pp. 761-766 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Szymańska ◽  
T. Woliński
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Optical Fiber ◽  
Beam Propagation Method ◽  
Beam Propagation ◽  
Crystal Core ◽  
Fiber Waveguides

Propagation Effects in Liquid Crystal-Core Optical Fiber Waveguides

1998 ◽  
Vol 321 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-124 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomasz R. Woliński ◽  
Agnieszka Szymańska ◽  
Tomasz Nasiłowski ◽  
Mirosław A. Karpierz ◽  
Adam Kujawski ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Optical Fiber ◽  
Propagation Effects ◽  
Crystal Core ◽  
Fiber Waveguides

Polarization Properties of Liquid Crystal-Core Optical Fiber Waveguides

2000 ◽  
Vol 352 (1) ◽  
pp. 361-370 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. R. Woliński ◽  
A. Szymańska ◽  
T. Nasiłowski ◽  
E. Nowinowski-kruszelnicki ◽  
R. Dabrowski
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Optical Fiber ◽  
Crystal Core ◽  
Fiber Waveguides

scholarly journals Beam splitting in chiral nematic liquid crystals

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 109
Author(s):  
Filip Sala
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Liquid Crystals ◽  
Nematic Liquid Crystal ◽  
Soft Matter ◽  
Nematic Liquid Crystals ◽  
Beam Propagation Method ◽  
Beam Propagation ◽  
Optical Solitons ◽  
Molecular Reorientation ◽  
Chiral Nematic

By lunching the beam into the chiral nematic liquid crystals it is possible to achieve a non-diffractive beam similar to a soliton. This effect is caused by the molecular reorientation i.e. nonlinear response of the material forming the areas of higher refractive index. Diffraction is suppressed by the focusing effect. For appropriate launching conditions it is also possible to achieve a beam which splits into two or more separate beams. Such phenomenon is discussed in this article and analyzed theoretical. To model this effect Fully Vectorial Beam Propagation Method coupled with the Frank-Oseen elastic theory is used. Simulations are performed for various input beam powers, widths, polarization angles and launching positions. Full Text: PDF ReferencesG. Assanto and M. A. Karpierz, "Nematicons: self-localised beams in nematic liquid crystals", Liq. Cryst. 36, 1161–1172 (2009) CrossRef G. Assanto, Nematicons: Spatial Optical Solitons in Nematic Liquid Crystals, John Wiley & Sons Inc. Hoboken, New Jersey (2013) DirectLink A. Piccardi, A. Alberucci, U. Bortolozzo, S. Residori, and G. Assanto, "Soliton gating and switching in liquid crystal light valve", Appl. Phys. Lett. 96, 071104 (2010). CrossRef D. Melo, I. Fernandes, F. Moraes, S. Fumeron, and E. Pereira, "Thermal diode made by nematic liquid crystal", Phys. Lett. A 380, 3121 – 3127 (2016). CrossRef U. Laudyn, M. Kwaśny, F. A. Sala, M. A. Karpierz, N. F. Smyth, G. Assanto, "Curved optical solitons subject to transverse acceleration in reorientational soft matter", Sci. Rep. 7, 12385 (2017) CrossRef M. Kwaśny, U. A. Laudyn, F. A. Sala, A. Alberucci, M. A. Karpierz, G. Assanto, "Self-guided beams in low-birefringence nematic liquid crystals", Phys. Rev. A 86, 013824 (2012) CrossRef F. A. Sala, M. M. Sala-Tefelska, "Optical steering of mutual capacitance in a nematic liquid crystal cell", J. Opt. Soc. Am. B. 35, 133-139 (2018) CrossRef U. A. Laudyn, A. Piccardi, M. Kwasny, M. A. Karpierz, G. Assanto, "Thermo-optic soliton routing in nematic liquid crystals", Opt. Lett. 43, 2296-2299 (2018) CrossRef F. A. Sala, M. M. Sala-Tefelska, M. J. Bujok, J. "Influence of temperature diffusion on molecular reorientation in nematic liquid crystals", Nonlinear Opt. Phys. Mater. 27, 1850011 (2018) CrossRef I-C Khoo Liquid crystals John Wiley & Sons, Inc (2007) DirectLink P. G. de Gennes, J. Prost, The Physics of Liquid Crystals, Clarendon Press (1995) DirectLink U. A. Laudyn, P. S. Jung, M. A. Karpierz, G. Assanto, "Quasi two-dimensional astigmatic solitons in soft chiral metastructures", Sci. Rep. 6, 22923 (2016) CrossRef J. Beeckman, A. Madani, P. J. M. Vanbrabant, P. Henneaux, S-P. Gorza, M. Haelterman, "Switching and intrinsic position bistability of soliton beams in chiral nematic liquid crystals", Phys. Rev. A 83, 033832 (2011) CrossRef A. Madani, J. Beeckman, K. Neyts, "An experimental observation of a spatial optical soliton beam and self splitting of beam into two soliton beams in chiral nematic liquid crystal", Opt. Commun. 298–299, 222-226, (2013) CrossRef G. D. Ziogos, E. E. Kriezis, "Modeling light propagation in liquid crystal devices with a 3-D full-vector finite-element beam propagation method", Opt. Quant. Electron 40, 10 (2008) CrossRef F. A. Sala, M. A. Karpierz, "Chiral and nonchiral nematic liquid-crystal reorientation induced by inhomogeneous electric fields", J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 29, 1465-1472 (2012) CrossRef F. A. Sala, M. A. Karpierz, "Modeling of molecular reorientation and beam propagation in chiral and non-chiral nematic liquid crystals", Opt. Express 20, 13923-13938 (2012) CrossRef F. A. Sala, "Design of false color palettes for grayscale reproduction", Displays, 46, 9-15 (2017) CrossRef

IN-LINE FIBER EVANESCENT FIELD ELECTROOPTIC MODULATORS

2000 ◽  
Vol 09 (01) ◽  
pp. 79-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
CARL ARFT ◽  
DIEGO R. YANKELEVICH ◽  
ANDRÉ KNOESEN ◽  
ERJI MAO ◽  
JAMES S. HARRIS
Keyword(s):  
Optical Properties ◽  
Optical Fiber ◽  
Quantum Wells ◽  
Beam Propagation Method ◽  
Beam Propagation ◽  
Compound Semiconductor ◽  
Evanescent Field ◽  
Semiconductor Quantum Wells ◽  
Electrooptic Modulators ◽  
Fiber Waveguide

Electrooptic modulators that consist of an optical fiber waveguide coupled to an electrooptic waveguide are reviewed. Desirable attributes of these devices are that the optical fiber is uninterrupted and the interaction with the electrooptic region occurs only where the optical properties are modulated. In this paper we review in-line fiber evanescent field modulators that we have implemented with electrooptic polymers and compound semiconductor quantum wells. We show that the beam propagation method can accurately simulate the behavior measured in these devices.

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