Seminarium Fotoniki
sala 1.02, ul. Pasteura 5
2020-01-23 (12:15) 
prof. Gaetano Assanto (Roma Tre University)
Nematonics: from soliton physics to soliton photonics in nematic liquid crystals
After a brief introduction on nematicons, optical spatial solitons induced by all-optical reorientation in nematic liquid crystals, I illustrate various intriguing phenomena with potential applications in soft-matter photonics, including controlled refraction and reflection, cavity-less bistability, tailored waveguides, soliton-enhanced random lasing.