title: Routing of spatial solitons by interaction with rod microelectrodes.
abstract: We report on what is, to our knowledge, the first experimental observation of spatial soliton interaction with charged conductive microelectrodes in nematic liquid crystals. We show that solitons can undergo voltage-controlled deflection and reflection with a nematicon steering larger than 100° over distances of a few micrometers. Using bias-defined perturbations, we observe reconfigurable soliton geometries with several reflections.
authors.forename: Yana V
authors.initials: YV
authors.lastname: Izdebskaya