Optically-induced lattices as tunable nonlinear photonic crystals

Author

Neshev, Dragomir N. ; Rosberg, Christian R. ; Fischer, Robert ; Sukhorukov, Andrey A. ; Desyatnikov, Anton S. ; Ostrovskaya, Elena A. ; Alexander, Tristram ; Krolikowski, Wieslaw ; Kivshar, Yuri S.

Author_Institution

Nonlinear Phys. Centre, Australian Nat. Univ., Canberra, ACT, Australia

fYear

2005

fDate

22-28 Oct. 2005

Firstpage

227

Lastpage

228

Abstract

By using optically-induced photonic lattices as tunable periodic structures, we demonstrate the key aspects of light propagation in periodic media, such as selective excitation of eigenmodes, diffraction control, and nonlinear beam focusing, shaping and interactions.

Keywords

eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; light propagation; nonlinear optics; optical tuning; photonic crystals; diffraction control; eigenmodes; light propagation; nonlinear beam focusing; optically-induced lattices; periodic media; tunable nonlinear photonic crystals; Lattices; Lighting control; Nonhomogeneous media; Nonlinear optics; Optical control; Optical diffraction; Optical propagation; Periodic structures; Photonic crystals; Shape control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2005. LEOS 2005. The 18th Annual Meeting of the IEEE

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9217-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.2005.1547953

Filename

1547953

Link To Document

https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2631598