Title :
Brillouin-zone spectroscopy of nonlinear photonic lattices
Author :
Bartal, Guy ; Cohen, Oren ; Buljan, Hrvoje ; Fleischer, Jason W. ; Manela, Ofer ; Segev, Mordechai
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Technion-Israel Inst. of Technol., Haifa, Israel
Abstract :
We present a novel experimental technique for Brillouin-zone spectroscopy of photonic lattices with and without defects. Our technique facilitates mapping the borders of the extended Brillouin zones and the areas of normal and anomalous dispersion.
Keywords :
Fourier transform spectra; crystal defects; crystal structure; optical materials; photonic crystals; stimulated Brillouin scattering; Brillouin-zone spectroscopy; Fourier transforms spectrum; crystal defects; nonlinear photonic lattices; transverse effect; Fiber nonlinear optics; Lattices; Nonlinear optics; Optical solitons; Optical waveguides; Periodic structures; Photonic crystals; Probes; Space technology; Spectroscopy;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2005. QELS '05
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-796-2
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2005.1548903
