Title :
On-axis excitation of two-dimensional gap solitons and gap soliton trains
Author :
Yang, Jianke ; Lou, Cibo ; Wang, Xiaosheng ; Tang, Liqin ; Xu, Jingjun ; Chen, Zhigang
Author_Institution :
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Vermont, Burlington, 05401, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate two-dimensional gap solitons/soliton-trains by single-beam on-axis excitation in a self-defocusing ¿backbone¿ photonic lattice. Interferograms and k-space spectra indicate staggered structure of the gap solitons arising from M-symmetry points of the first Bloch band.
Keywords :
Bifurcation; Fiber nonlinear optics; Lattices; Nonlinear optics; Optical refraction; Optical solitons; Optical waveguides; Photonic band gap; Probes; Spine;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2007. QELS '07
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2007.4431583
