Discrete solitons and soliton-induced dislocations in partially coherent photonic lattices

    Authors

    H. Martin; E. D. Eugenieva; Z. G. Chen;D. N. Christodoulides

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Phys. Rev. Lett.

    Keywords

    WAVE-GUIDE ARRAYS; INCOHERENT-LIGHT; PHOTOREFRACTIVE MEDIA; CRYSTALS; BEAMS; Physics, Multidisciplinary

    Abstract

    We investigate both experimentally and theoretically the interaction between a light beam and a photonic lattice optically induced with partially coherent light. We demonstrate a clear transition from two-dimensional discrete diffraction to discrete solitons in such a partially coherent lattice and show that the nonlinear interaction process is associated with a host of new phenomena including lattice dislocation, lattice deformation, and creation of structures akin to optical polarons.

    Journal Title

    Physical Review Letters

    Volume

    92

    Issue/Number

    12

    Publication Date

    1-1-2004

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    4

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000220524600020

    ISSN

    0031-9007

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