Title :
Observation of symmetry-breaking beam dynamics in optically induced hexagonal photonic lattices
Author :
Liu, Sheng ; Hu, Yi ; Zhang, Peng ; Gan, Xuetao ; Zhao, Jianlin ; Lou, Cibo ; Song, Daohong ; Chen, Zhigang
Author_Institution :
Key Lab. of Space Appl. Phys. & Chem., Northwestern Polytech. Univ., Xi´´an, China
Abstract :
We study symmetry-breaking of the multi-vortex Bloch modes in optically induced hexagonal lattices. Such symmetry-breaking results from either exciting with an anisotropic beam or inducing an anisotropic photonic lattice.
Keywords :
light propagation; optical lattices; optical vortices; photoexcitation; spontaneous symmetry breaking; anisotropic photonic lattice; multivortex Bloch modes; optically induced hexagonal photonic lattices; photoexcitation; probe beam propagation; symmetry-breaking beam dynamics; Diffraction; Geometrical optics; Lattices; Optical diffraction; Optical propagation; Optimized production technology; Photonics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
