Observation of two-dimensional nonlocal gap solitons. Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • We demonstrate, both theoretically and experimentally, the existence of nonlocal gap solitons in two-dimensional periodic photonic structures with defocusing thermal nonlinearity. We employ liquid-infiltrated photonic crystal fibers and show how the system geometry can modify the effective response of a nonlocal medium and the properties of two-dimensional gap solitons.

published proceedings

  • Opt Lett

author list (cited authors)

  • Rasmussen, P. D., Bennet, F. H., Neshev, D. N., Sukhorukov, A. A., Rosberg, C. R., Krolikowski, W., Bang, O., & Kivshar, Y. S.

citation count

  • 60

complete list of authors

  • Rasmussen, Per Dalgaard||Bennet, Francis H||Neshev, Dragomir N||Sukhorukov, Andrey A||Rosberg, Christian R||Krolikowski, Wieslaw||Bang, Ole||Kivshar, Yuri S

publication date

  • February 2009