Nonlinear optical properties of 1D and 2D photonic crystals

Author

Krolikowski, W. ; Neshev, D. ; Sukhorukov, A. ; Ostrovskaya, E. ; Kivshar, Y.

Author_Institution

Laser Phys. Centre, Australian Nat. Univ., Canberra, ACT, Australia

Volume

1

fYear

2003

fDate

29 June-3 July 2003

Abstract

Summary form only given. We present results of our recent experiments on propagation of light beams in 1-dimensional discrete optical structures. By utilizing photorefractive nonlinearity we created dynamic optically induced refractive index gratings which were then used to investigate propagation of one and two-dimensional light beams in both linear and nonlinear regimes. Appearance of various Bloch modes and formation of localised discrete structures and their bound states are discussed.

Keywords

diffraction gratings; light propagation; nonlinear optics; photonic crystals; photorefractive effect; refractive index; 1-dimensional discrete optical structures; 1D photonic crystals; 2D photonic crystals; Bloch modes; bound states; dynamic optically induced refractive index gratings; light beams; linear regimes; localised discrete structures; nonlinear optical properties; nonlinear regimes; one-dimensional light beams; photorefractive nonlinearity; propagation; two-dimensional light beams; Australia; Laser beams; Laser theory; Nonlinear optics; Optical propagation; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Photonic crystals; Photorefractive effect; Physics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transparent Optical Networks, 2003. Proceedings of 2003 5th International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7816-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTON.2003.1264578

Filename

1264578