DocumentCode
2248512
Title
Observation of symmetry-breaking beam dynamics in optically induced hexagonal photonic lattices
Author
Liu, Sheng ; Hu, Yi ; Zhang, Peng ; Gan, Xuetao ; Zhao, Jianlin ; Lou, Cibo ; Song, Daohong ; Chen, Zhigang
Author_Institution
Key Lab. of Space Appl. Phys. & Chem., Northwestern Polytech. Univ., Xi´´an, China
fYear
2011
fDate
1-6 May 2011
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We study symmetry-breaking of the multi-vortex Bloch modes in optically induced hexagonal lattices. Such symmetry-breaking results from either exciting with an anisotropic beam or inducing an anisotropic photonic lattice.
Keywords
light propagation; optical lattices; optical vortices; photoexcitation; spontaneous symmetry breaking; anisotropic photonic lattice; multivortex Bloch modes; optically induced hexagonal photonic lattices; photoexcitation; probe beam propagation; symmetry-breaking beam dynamics; Diffraction; Geometrical optics; Lattices; Optical diffraction; Optical propagation; Optimized production technology; Photonics;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-1223-4
Type
conf
Filename
5950957
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