• DocumentCode
    2223113
  • Title

    Observation of nonlinear optical Tamm states in truncated photonic lattices

  • Author

    Rosberg, Christian R. ; Neshev, Dragomir N. ; Krolikowski, Wieslaw ; Mitchell, Arnan ; Vicencio, Rodrigo A. ; Molina, Mario I. ; Kivshar, Yuri S.

  • Author_Institution
    Nonlinear Phys. Centre, Australian Nat. Univ., Canberra, ACT
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    3-7 July 2006
  • Abstract
    We report on the first observation of surface gap solitons, a nonlinear optical analog of localized surface Tamm states in periodic electronic potentials. We demonstrate strong beam self-trapping in the form of staggered surface modes at the interface between uniform and periodic dielectric media with defocusing nonlinear response.
  • Keywords
    nonlinear optics; optical lattices; solitons; defocusing nonlinear response; dielectric media; nonlinear optical Tamm states; nonlinear optical analog; nonlinear optics; nonlinear waveguides; optical solitons; periodic media; strong beam self-trapping; surface gap solitons; surface waves; truncated photonic lattices; Laser beams; Lattices; Nonlinear optics; Optical arrays; Optical solitons; Optical superlattices; Optical surface waves; Optical waveguides; Periodic structures; Surface waves;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 2006. ICONN '06. International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Brisbane, Qld.
  • Print_ISBN
    1-4244-0452-5
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1-4244-0452-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICONN.2006.340653
  • Filename
    4143433