Spatial soliton dynamics in curved photonic lattices

Author

Diebel, Falko ; Rose, Patrick ; Boguslawski, Martin ; Denz, C.

Author_Institution

Inst. fur Angewandte Phys., Westfalische Wilhelms-Univ. Munster, Munster, Germany

fYear

2013

fDate

12-16 May 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

Spatiotemporal nonlinear effects caused by the interplay between transverse modulation and nonlinearity open the rich field of research on wave propagation in nonlinear structures. In optics, the induction of two-dimensional refractive index structures in photorefractive materials has been utilized to demonstrate for instance discrete solitons, Bloch oscillations and Zener tunneling, as well as discrete vortex solitons. The unique properties of photorefractive crystals like strontium barium niobate (SBN) facilitate highly nonlinear and reconfigurable refractive index patterns even at low power levels.

Keywords

barium compounds; light propagation; optical lattices; optical modulation; optical solitons; optical vortices; photorefractive materials; refractive index; spatiotemporal phenomena; strontium compounds; Bloch oscillations; SBN; Zener tunneling; curved photonic lattices; discrete vortex solitons; nonlinear structures; photorefractive crystals; photorefractive materials; power levels; reconfigurable refractive index patterns; spatial soliton dynamics; spatiotemporal nonlinear effects; transverse modulation; two-dimensional refractive index structures; wave propagation; Lattices; Nonlinear optics; Optical diffraction; Optical solitons; Optical vortices; Photonics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE/IQEC), 2013 Conference on and International Quantum Electronics Conference

Conference_Location

Munich

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-0593-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2013.6800831

Filename

6800831