Title :
Conical diffraction and gap solitons in honeycomb photonic lattices
Author :
Peleg, O. ; Bartal, G. ; Freedman, B. ; Manela, O. ; Segev, M. ; Christodoulides, D.N.
Author_Institution :
Physics Department, Technion, Haifa 32000, Israel
Abstract :
We predict and present the first observation of conical diffraction arising from k-space singularities in the band-structure of a periodic potential. The experiments are carried out in honeycomb lattices, where we also generate ¿honeycomb gap-solitons¿.
Keywords :
Dispersion; Holographic optical components; Holography; Honeycomb structures; Lattices; Nonlinear optics; Optical diffraction; Optical refraction; Optical solitons; Optical surface waves;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2007. QELS '07
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2007.4431705
