Experiments on Gaussian beams and vortices in optically induced photonic lattices

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1395-1405

  Chen, Zhigang ^a,b   Martin, Hector ^a   Bezryadina, Anna ^a   Neshev, Dragomir ^c   Kivshar, Yuri S ^c   Christodoulides, Demetrios N ^d  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHERENT LIGHT; CRYSTAL LATTICES; DIFFRACTION; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTONS; SOLITONS;

GAUSSIAN BEAMS; OPTICAL VORTICES;

LIGHT PROPAGATION;

EID: 22944483746     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.22.001395     Document Type: Article

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