Title
Experiments On Gaussian Beams And Vortices In Optically Induced Photonic Lattices
Abstract
We investigate experimentally the propagation of fundamental Gaussian beams and vortices in a two-dimensional photonic lattice optically induced with partially coherent light. We focus on soliton-lattice interactions and vortex-lattice interactions when the lattice is operated in a nonlinear regime. In this case a host of novel phenomena is demonstrated, including soliton-induced lattice dislocation-deformation, soliton hopping and slow-down, and creation of structures akin to optical polarons. In addition, we observe that the nonlinear interaction between a vortex beam and a solitonic lattice leads to lattice twisting due to a transfer of the angular momentum carried by the vortex beam to the lattice. Results demonstrating a clear transition from discrete diffraction to the formation of two-dimensional, discrete fundamental and vortex solitons in a linear lattice are also included. © 2005 Optical Society of America.
Publication Date
1-1-2005
Publication Title
Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics
Volume
22
Issue
7
Number of Pages
1395-1405
Document Type
Article
Personal Identifier
scopus
DOI Link
https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.22.001395
Copyright Status
Unknown
Socpus ID
22944483746 (Scopus)
Source API URL
https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/22944483746
STARS Citation
Chen, Zhigang; Martin, Hector; and Bezryadina, Anna, "Experiments On Gaussian Beams And Vortices In Optically Induced Photonic Lattices" (2005). Scopus Export 2000s. 4496.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/scopus2000/4496