Diffraction management and elliptic discrete solitons in two-dimensional waveguide array lattices

Author

Hudock, J. ; Efremidis, N.K. ; Christodoulides, D.N.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Opt., Central Florida Univ., Orlando, FL, USA

fYear

2003

fDate

6-6 June 2003

Abstract

We demonstrate that the discrete diffraction properties of a 2-D waveguide array can be effectively altered depending on the propagation k-vector within the Brillouin zone of the lattice. In general, this diffraction behavior is anisotropic, and therefore, allows the existence of discrete elliptic solitons.

Keywords

Brillouin zones; integrated optics; light diffraction; optical arrays; optical solitons; optical waveguides; 2-D waveguide array; Brillouin zone; diffraction management; elliptic discrete solitons; propagation k-vector; two-dimensional waveguide array lattices; Anisotropic magnetoresistance; Lattices; Nearest neighbor searches; Optical arrays; Optical diffraction; Optical waveguides; Refractive index; Solitons; Two dimensional displays; Vectors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Quantum Electronics and Laser Science, 2003. QELS. Postconference Digest

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-749-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/QELS.2003.238444

Filename

1276030

Link To Document

https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2666486