Title :
Nucleation of optical vortex pairs in disordered nonlinear 2D photonic lattices
Author :
Yeong-Kwon Cho ; Dong-Il Yeom ; Kihong Kim
Author_Institution :
Div. of Energy Syst. Res., Ajou Univ., Suwon, South Korea
fDate :
June 30 2013-July 4 2013
Abstract :
We study numerically the propagation of optical vortex beams through disordered nonlinear 2D photonic lattices. We find that due to disorder, new optical vortex-antivortex pairs are nucleated at the positions of perfect destructive interference.
Keywords :
nonlinear optics; nucleation; optical lattices; optical vortices; destructive interference; disordered nonlinear 2D photonic lattices; nucleation; optical vortex beam propagation; optical vortex-antivortex pairs; Arrays; Laser beams; Lattices; Nonlinear optics; Optical beams; Optical vortices; Photonics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim (CLEO-PR), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kyoto
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2013.6600419
