Nonlinear photonics in multidimensional and complex photonic lattices

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7354, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Denz, C ^a   Terhalle, B ^a,b   Gories D ^a   Rose, P ^a   Xavier, J ^a,c   Richter, T ^d   Desyatnikov, A S ^b   Imbrock, J ^a   Alexander, T J ^b   Neshev, D N ^b   Joseph, J ^c   Kaiser, F ^d   Krolikowski, W ^b   Kivshar, Y S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^d DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gap solitons; Nonlinear optics; Optical vortices; Photonic lattices; Refractive index changes

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC TRIANGULAR LATTICE; COMPLEX PHOTONIC STRUCTURES; GAP SOLITONS; HEXAGONAL LATTICE; OPTICAL VORTICES; PHASE DISLOCATION; PHOTONIC LATTICE; PHOTONIC LATTICES; REFRACTIVE INDEX CHANGES; SIMPLE GEOMETRIES; THREE-DIMENSIONAL LATTICES; TOPOLOGICAL STRUCTURE; WAVE FORMS;

LIGHT; LIGHT REFRACTION; OPTICAL MATERIALS; PHOTONICS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; REFRACTOMETERS; SOLITONS; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 69949140285     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.823758     Document Type: Conference Paper

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