Title :
Discrete diffraction and solitons in light-induced Bessel-like photonic lattices
Author :
Wang, Xiaosheng ; Chen, Zhigang ; Kevrekidis, P.G.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. & Astron., San Francisco State Univ., San Francisco, CA
Abstract :
We report the first experimental demonstration of ring-shaped Bessel-like photonic lattices and rotary solitons in such lattices. Transition from discrete diffraction to single-channel linear guidance or nonlinear self-waveguiding is clearly observed.
Keywords :
optical lattices; optical self-focusing; optical solitons; optical waveguides; discrete diffraction; light-induced Bessel-like photonic lattices; nonlinear self-trapping; nonlinear self-waveguiding; ring-shaped photonic lattices; rotary solitons; single-channel linear guidance; Lattices; Lighting; Nonlinear optics; Optical coupling; Optical diffraction; Optical propagation; Optical solitons; Optical waveguides; Physics; Probes; (190.4420) Nonlinear optics, transverse effects in; (250.5530) Pulse propagation and solitons;
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.2006.4628902
