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Topological steering of light by nematic vortices and analogy to cosmic strings - Nature Materials

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Topological steering of light by nematic vortices and analogy to cosmic strings - Nature Materials

Liquid crystals are widely known for their technological uses in displays, electro-optics, photonics and nonlinear optics, but these applications typically rely on defining and switching non-topological spatial patterns of the optical axis. Here, we demonstrate how a liquid crystal's optical axis patterns with singular vortex lines can robustly steer beams of light. External stimuli, including an electric field and light itself, allow us to reconfigure these unusual light–matter interactions.

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