Title :
Observation of random phase gap solitons in 2D photonic lattices
Author :
Bartal, Guy ; Pezer, Robert ; Buljan, Hrvoje ; Manela, Ofer ; Cohen, Oren ; Fleischer, Jason W. ; Segev, Mordechai
Author_Institution :
Phys. Dept., Technion - Israel Inst. of Technol., Haifa
Abstract :
We report the first experimental observation of gap random-phase lattice solitons. We observe their self-trapping conformed to the lattice periodicity in real space, as well as their multi-humped power spectrum in k-space.
Keywords :
optical lattices; optical solitons; self-focusing; 2D photonic lattices; multihumped power spectrum; random phase gap solitons; selftrapping; Diffraction; Lattices; Nonlinear optics; Optical imaging; Optical propagation; Optical solitons; Photonic crystals; Power engineering and energy; Random media; Space technology; (190.5330) Photorefractive nonlinear optics; (190.5530) Pulse propagation and solitons;
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
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628899
