Random Lasing Control with Optical Spatial Solitons in Nematic Liquid Crystals

Armando Piccardi, Sreekanth Perumbilavil, Martti Kauranen, Giuseppe Strangi, Gaetano Assanto

2019

Abstract

We discuss the synergy of reorientational self-focusing and random lasing in a dye-doped nematic liquid crystalline material. The laser emission resulting from amplification and multiple scattering inside the medium can be either modulated or triggered depending on the energy of the visible pump beam and the power of the near-infrared spatial soliton, respectively exciting the two nonlinear responses. Moreover, the presence of the self-induced waveguide improves the properties of the emitted beam, i. e., directionality and profile. Finally, the laser light can be re-directed by steering the spatial soliton with the aid of an external low-frequency electric field.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Piccardi A., Perumbilavil S., Kauranen M., Strangi G. and Assanto G. (2019). Random Lasing Control with Optical Spatial Solitons in Nematic Liquid Crystals.In Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Photonics, Optics and Laser Technology - Volume 1: PHOTOPTICS, ISBN 978-989-758-364-3, pages 289-293. DOI: 10.5220/0007575102890293

in Bibtex Style

@conference{photoptics19,
author={Armando Piccardi and Sreekanth Perumbilavil and Martti Kauranen and Giuseppe Strangi and Gaetano Assanto},
title={Random Lasing Control with Optical Spatial Solitons in Nematic Liquid Crystals},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Photonics, Optics and Laser Technology - Volume 1: PHOTOPTICS,},
year={2019},
pages={289-293},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0007575102890293},
isbn={978-989-758-364-3},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Photonics, Optics and Laser Technology - Volume 1: PHOTOPTICS,
TI - Random Lasing Control with Optical Spatial Solitons in Nematic Liquid Crystals
SN - 978-989-758-364-3
AU - Piccardi A.
AU - Perumbilavil S.
AU - Kauranen M.
AU - Strangi G.
AU - Assanto G.
PY - 2019
SP - 289
EP - 293
DO - 10.5220/0007575102890293