Title

Anisotropic diffraction and elliptic discrete solitons in two-dimensional waveguide arrays

Authors

Authors

J. Hudock; N. K. Efremidis;D. N. Christodoulides

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Abbreviated Journal Title

Opt. Lett.

Keywords

Optics

Abstract

We demonstrate that both the linear (diffraction) and the nonlinear dynamics of two-dimensional waveguide arrays are considerably more complex and versatile than their one-dimensional counterparts. The discrete diffraction properties of these arrays can be effectively altered, depending on the propagation Bloch k-vector within the first Brillouin zone of the lattice. In general, this diffraction behavior is anisotropic and therefore permits the existence of a new class of discrete elliptic solitons in the nonlinear regime. (C) 2004 Optical Society of America.

Journal Title

Optics Letters

Volume

29

Issue/Number

3

Publication Date

1-1-2004

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

268

Last Page

270

WOS Identifier

WOS:000188298400014

ISSN

0146-9592

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