Two-dimensional self-trapped nonlinear photonic lattices
Author(s) -
Anton S. Desyatnikov,
Nina Sagemerten,
Robert Fischer,
Bernd Terhalle,
Denis Träger,
Dragomir N. Neshev,
A. Dreischuh,
Cornelia Denz,
Wiesław Królikowski,
Yuri S. Kivshar
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.14.002851
Subject(s) - optics , anisotropy , refractive index , physics , nonlinear system , photonic crystal , optical vortex , nonlinear optics , lattice (music) , photorefractive effect , vortex , condensed matter physics , self phase modulation , orientation (vector space) , quantum mechanics , laser , geometry , beam (structure) , mathematics , acoustics , thermodynamics
We predict theoretically and generate in a photorefractive crystal two-dimensional self-trapped periodic waves of different symmetries, including vortex lattices-patterns of phase dislocations with internal energy flows. We demonstrate that these nonlinear waves exist even with anisotropic nonlocal nonlinearity when the optically-induced periodic refractive index becomes highly anisotropic, and it depends on the orientation of the two-dimensional lattice relative to the crystallographic c-axis.
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