Asymmetric multiband coupling in one-dimensional nonlinear photonic crystals

Rosberg, Christian; Hanna, Brendan; Neshev, Dragomir; Krolikowski, Wieslaw; Sukhorukov, Andrey; Kivshar, Yuri

Asymmetric multiband coupling in one-dimensional nonlinear photonic crystals

Date

2005

Authors

Rosberg, Christian

Hanna, Brendan

Neshev, Dragomir

Krolikowski, Wieslaw

Sukhorukov, Andrey

Kivshar, Yuri

Publisher

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE Inc)

Abstract

We study nonlinear coupling of mutually incoherent waves in a one-dimensional optically-induced photonic crystal. We experimentally demonstrate asymmetric discrete mutual focusing and defocusing of beams associated with different Floquet-Bloch waves of the linear transmission spectrum.