Title :
Dispersive shock waves in optical lattices
Author :
Jia, Shu ; Wan, Wenjie ; Fleischer, Jason W.
Author_Institution :
Department of Electrical Engineering, Princeton University, New Jersey, 08544 USA
Abstract :
We study dispersive shock waves in optical lattices. We characterize shock propagation as a function of lattice depth and observe nonlinear coupling between different Bloch modes of the array.
Keywords :
Couplings; Dispersion; Electric shock; Lattices; Nonlinear optics; Optical modulation; Optical propagation; Optical solitons; Optical waveguides; Shock 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.2007.4431709
