Title :
Observation of topological transformations of vortices in two-dimensional lattices
Author :
Bezryadina, Anna ; Neshev, Dragomir N. ; Desyatnikov, Anton S. ; Young, Jack ; Chen, Zhigang ; Kivshar, Yuri S.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. & Astron., San Francisco State Univ., San Francisco, CA
Abstract :
We explore theoretically and experimentally the transformations of phase structure and angular momentum of vortex beams in two-dimensional photonic lattices due to the combined effects of nonlinearity and periodicity.
Keywords :
optical lattices; optical vortices; photonic crystals; 2D photonic lattices; angular momentum; nonlinearity; periodicity; phase structure; topological transformation observation; vortex beams; Isosurfaces; Lattices; Lighting control; Nonlinear optics; Optical control; Optical devices; Optical solitons; Optical vortices; Periodic structures; Physics; 190.4420; 190.5940;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628871
