DocumentCode
2793490
Title
Phasons and pure phason strain in nonlinear photonic quasicrystals
Author
Freedman, Barak ; Segev, Mordechai ; Lifshitz, Ron
Author_Institution
Physics Dept. and Solid State Institute, Technion, Haifa 32000, Israel
fYear
2007
fDate
6-11 May 2007
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We study defect dynamics in nonlinear photonic quasicrystals, and demonstrate experimentally that phasons survive longer than phonons. We show that nonlinear interactions in photonic quasicrystals can reduce the phason strain within the structure.
Keywords
Capacitive sensors; Filtering; Holographic optical components; Holography; Lattices; Nonlinear optics; Periodic structures; Phonons; Photonic crystals; Physics;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2007. QELS '07
Conference_Location
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN
978-1-55752-834-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/QELS.2007.4431708
Filename
4431708
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