Observation of nonlinear optical Tamm states in truncated photonic lattices

Date

2006

Authors

Rosberg, Christian
Neshev, Dragomir
Mitchell, Arnan
Vicencio, Rodrigo
Molina, Mario I
Krolikowski, Wieslaw
Kivshar, Yuri

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE Inc)

Abstract

We report on the first observation of surface gap solitons, a nonlinear optical analog of localized surface Tamm states in periodic electronic potentials. We demonstrate strong beam self-trapping in the form of staggered surface modes at the interface between uniform and periodic dielectric media with defocusing nonlinear response.

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Keywords: Nanotechnology; Photonics; Defocusing; Dielectric medium; Electronic potentials; Gap solitons; International conferences; Nanoscience and nanotechnology (NST); Non-linear responses; Nonlinear optical (NLO); Photonic lattices; Self trapping (ST); Surface m Nonlinear optics; Nonlinear waveguides; Optical solitons; Periodic media; Surface waves; Tamm states

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Proceedings of the 2006 International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

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Conference paper

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