Formation and stability of vortex solitons in nematic liquid crystals
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2021
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Jung, Pawel S
Izdebskaya, Yana
Shvedov, Vladlen
Christodoulides, Demetrios N
Krolikowski, Wieslaw
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Optical Society of America
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We study the propagation dynamics of bright optical vortex solitons in nematic liquid crystals with a nonlocal reorientational nonlinear response. We investigate the role of optical birefringence on the stability of these solitons. In agreement with recent experimental observations, we show that the birefringence-induced astigmatism can eventually destabilize these vortex solitons. However, for low and moderate birefringence, vortex solitons can propagate stably over experimentally relevant distances.
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Optics Letters
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