Title :
Solitons in 2D optically-induced photonic lattices
Author :
Fleischer, Jason W. ; Cohen, Oren ; Bartal, Guy ; Schwartz, Tal ; Buljan, Hrvoje ; Manela, Ofer ; Segev, Mordechai ; Efremidis, Nikolaos K. ; Hudock, Jared ; Christodoulides, Demetrios N.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Technion-Israel Inst. of Technol., Haifa, Israel
Abstract :
We report the first experimental observation of 2D optical lattice solitons. We discuss soliton photonics and present our recent progress on vector, vortex, and random-phase solitons in nonlinear periodic structures.
Keywords :
optical solitons; optical vortices; photonic crystals; 2D optical lattice solitons; nonlinear periodic structures; photonic lattices; random-phase solitons; soliton photonics; vector solitons; vortex solitons; Biomedical optical imaging; Lattices; Nonlinear optics; Optical arrays; Optical solitons; Optical vortices; Optical waveguides; Periodic structures; Photonic crystals; Physics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2003. LEOS 2003. The 16th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7888-1
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2003.1251583
