Localization of Light in Optically-induced Gratings

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2003

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Neshev, Dragomir
Krolikowski, Wieslaw
Ostrovskaya, Elena
Kivshar, Yuri

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American Physical Society

Abstract

We study experimentally nonlinear localization of light in refractive index gratings optically induced in a photorefractive crystal. We demonstrate generation of spatial solitons and their bound states, similar to those observed in optical waveguide arrays.

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Keywords: Crystalline materials; Light propagation; Nonlinear optics; Optical waveguides; Photorefractive materials; Refractive index; Solitons; Strontium compounds; Nonlinear localization; Optically-induced gratings; Photorefractive crystal; Diffraction gratings

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http://hdl.handle.net/1885/88297

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ANU Research Publications

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Proceedings of CLEO/QELS Conference, Baltimore, Maryland (2003)

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Conference paper

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