Title :
Vortex interaction with a two-dimensional soliton lattice
Author :
Bezryadina, Anna ; Chen, Zhigang ; Neshev, Dragomir ; Desyatnikov, Anton S. ; Kivshar, Yuri S.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. & Astron., San Francisco State Univ., CA, USA
Abstract :
We study experimentally and theoretically the nonlinear interaction between a vortex beam and a soliton lattice. We observe the vortex-induced lattice deformation and lattice twisting due to transfer of angular momentum carried by the vortex beam.
Keywords :
angular momentum; optical solitons; optical vortices; angular momentum transfer; nonlinear interaction; two-dimensional soliton lattice; vortex beam; vortex interaction; vortex-induced lattice deformation; vortex-induced lattice twisting; Amplitude modulation; Lattices; Nonlinear optics; Optical beams; Optical propagation; Optical solitons; Optical vortices; Phased arrays; Physics; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2005. QELS '05
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-796-2
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2005.1548795
