Title :
Observation of modulational instability in photonic band gaps
Author :
Fleischer, Jason W. ; Fu, Guoyean ; Tang, Yongan ; Guo, Aqiang ; Salamo, Gregory ; Segev, Mordechai
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Princeton Univ., NJ, USA
Abstract :
We present the experimental observation of modulational instability in 1D and 2D photonic lattices, at both the Brillouin zone base and edge. Edge dynamics lie in the spatial band gap and have no homogeneous counterpart.
Keywords :
Brillouin zones; nonlinear optics; photonic band gap; Brillouin zone; edge dynamics; modulational instability; photonic band gaps; photonic lattices; spatial band gap; Diffraction; Lattices; Nonlinear optics; Optical modulation; Optical propagation; Optical solitons; Optical waveguides; Photonic band gap; Physics; Probes;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2005. QELS '05
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-796-2
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2005.1548677
