Demonstration of optically controlled beam steering in dynamic photonic lattices

Author

Rosberg, Christian R. ; Garanovich, Ivan L. ; Sukhorukov, Andrey A. ; Neshev, Dragomir N. ; Krolikowski, Wieslaw ; Kivshar, Yuri S.

Author_Institution

Res. Sch. of Phys. Sci. & Eng., Australian Nat. Univ., Canberra, ACT

fYear

2006

fDate

21-26 May 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

We demonstrate experimentally all-optical beam steering in modulated photonic lattices produced by three wave interference in photorefractive crystals. We show that high spatial resolution can be achieved by combining dynamic beam steering with nonlinear self-localization.

Keywords

beam steering; light interference; nonlinear optics; optical control; optical lattices; optical modulation; optical self-focusing; photonic crystals; photorefractive materials; dynamically modulated photonic lattices; high spatial resolution; nonlinear beam self-focusing; nonlinear self-localization; optically controlled dynamic beam steering; photorefractive crystals; wave interference; Beam steering; Interference; Lattices; Nonlinear optics; Optical beams; Optical control; Optical modulation; Photonic crystals; Photorefractive materials; Spatial resolution; 060.1810; 190.4420; 190.5940;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on

Conference_Location

Long Beach, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-813-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-813-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2006.4627881

Filename

4627881