Reduced-symmetry two-dimensional solitons in photonic lattices. Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • We demonstrate theoretically and experimentally a novel type of localized beam supported by the combined effects of total internal and Bragg reflection in nonlinear two-dimensional square periodic structures. Such localized states exhibit strong anisotropy in their mobility properties, being highly mobile in one direction and trapped in the other, making them promising candidates for optical routing in nonlinear lattices.

published proceedings

  • Phys Rev Lett

author list (cited authors)

  • Fischer, R., Trger, D., Neshev, D. N., Sukhorukov, A. A., Krolikowski, W., Denz, C., & Kivshar, Y. S.

citation count

  • 67

complete list of authors

  • Fischer, Robert||Träger, Denis||Neshev, Dragomir N||Sukhorukov, Andrey A||Krolikowski, Wieslaw||Denz, Cornelia||Kivshar, Yuri S

publication date

  • January 2006