Counterpropagating surface solitons in two-dimensional photonic lattices. Academic Article

abstract

• We study interaction of counterpropagating beams in truncated two-dimensional photonic lattices induced optically in photorefractive crystals, and demonstrate the existence of counterpropagating surface solitons localized in the lattice corners and at the edges. We display intriguing dynamical properties of such composite optical beams and reveal that the lattice surface provides a strong stabilization effect on the beam propagation. We also observe dynamical instabilities for stronger coupling and longer propagation distances in the form of beam splitting. No such instabilities exist in the single beam surface propagation.

authors

• Belic, Milivoj

published proceedings

• Opt Express

author list (cited authors)

• Jovi, D., Kivshar, Y. S., Jovanovi, R., & Beli, M.

citation count

• 1

complete list of authors

• Jović, Dragana||Kivshar, Yuri S||Jovanović, Raka||Belić, Milivoj

publication date

• November 2009

publisher

• Optica Publishing Group  Publisher

published in

• Optics Express  Journal

keywords

• Algorithms
• Computer Simulation
• Models, Statistical
• Nonlinear Dynamics
• Normal Distribution
• Optical Devices
• Optics And Photonics
• Photons
• Scattering, Radiation
• Surface Properties

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1364/OE.17.021515

URI

• https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/180409

start page

• 21515

end page

• 21521

volume

• 17

issue

• 24

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/oe.17.021515