Title :
Disorder-enhanced nonlinear delocalization in segmented photonic lattices
Author :
Heinrich, Matthias ; Lahini, Yoav ; Keil, Robert ; Naether, Uta ; Dreisow, Felix ; Tünnermann, Andreas ; Nolte, Stefan ; Szameit, Alexander
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Appl. Phys., Friedrich-Schiller-Univ. Jena, Jena, Germany
Abstract :
We investigate the impact of nonlinearity on the perfect imaging by segmentation in photonic lattices with disorder. We find the presence of strongly localized Anderson modes renders the imaging significantly more susceptible to nonlinear perturbations.
Keywords :
Anderson model; image segmentation; optical lattices; perturbation techniques; Anderson modes; disorder-enhanced nonlinear delocalization; nonlinear perturbations; perfect imaging; segmentation; segmented photonic lattices; Image segmentation; Imaging; Lattices; Optical waveguides; Photonics; Solitons; Waveguide lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
