Title :
Spatiotemporal light localization in infiltrated waveguide arrays
Author :
Rasmussen, P.D. ; Neshev, D.N. ; Sukhorukov, A.A. ; Krolikowski, W. ; Bang, O. ; Lægsgaard, J. ; Kivshar, Yu.S.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Photonics Eng., Tech. Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby
Abstract :
We study light propagation in hexagonal waveguide arrays and show that simultaneous spatiotemporal localisation is possible by combination of engineered anomalous dispersion through selective excitation of Bloch-modes and spatial confinement in a nonlinear defect mode.
Keywords :
light propagation; optical arrays; optical waveguides; spatiotemporal phenomena; Bloch modes; anomalous dispersion; hexagonal waveguide arrays; infiltrated waveguide arrays; light propagation; nonlinear defect mode; selective excitation; spatial confinement; spatiotemporal light localization; Diffraction; Laser theory; Nonlinear optics; Optical arrays; Optical propagation; Optical waveguides; Periodic structures; Photonic band gap; Physics; Spatiotemporal phenomena;
Conference_Titel :
Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference, 2008 and the 2008 Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology. OECC/ACOFT 2008. Joint conference of the
Conference_Location :
Sydney
Print_ISBN :
978-0-85825-807-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-85825-807-5
DOI :
10.1109/OECCACOFT.2008.4610643
