DocumentCode
2881844
Title
Self-trapping of charge-2 vortices in optically induced photonic lattices
Author
Bezryadina, Anna ; Eugenieva, Eugenia ; Fors, Anita ; Xu, Jingjun ; Chen, Zhigang
Author_Institution
Dept. of Phys. & Astron., San Francisco State Univ., San Francisco, CA
fYear
2006
fDate
21-26 May 2006
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We study charge-2 vortices in photonic lattices induced by partially-coherent light. In linear lattices both on-site and off-site excitations lead to quasi-vortex (quadrupole-like) solitons. Nonlinear lattices are twisted by vortex depending on nonlinearity and coherence.
Keywords
light coherence; optical lattices; optical solitons; self-focusing; charge-2 vortices; nonlinear lattices; optical coherence; optically induced photonic lattices; partially-coherent light; quadrupole-like solitons; quasivortex solitons; self-trapping; Astronomy; Lattices; Nonlinear optics; Numerical simulation; Optical propagation; Optical solitons; Optical vortices; Optical waveguides; Physics; Polarization; (190.4420) Nonlinear optics, transverse effects in; (250.5530) Pulse propagation and solitons;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
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
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628874
Filename
4628874
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