Abstract
We demonstrate tunable positive and negative refraction of Bloch waves in optically-induced photonic lattices. At high laser intensities, the beam broadening due to diffraction can be suppressed through nonlinear self-focusing while preserving the steering properties.
© 2005 Optical Society of America
PDF ArticleMore Like This
Christian R. Rosberg, Dragomir N. Neshev, Andrey A. Sukhorukov, Wieslaw Krolikowski, and Yuri S. Kivshar
JWA27 Frontiers in Optics (FiO) 2005
Christian R. Rosberg, Brendan Hanna, Dragomir N. Neshev, Andrey A. Sukhorukov, Wieslaw Krolikowski, and Yuri S. Kivshar
WD30 Nonlinear Guided Waves and Their Applications (NP) 2005
Ivan L. Garanovich, Andrey A. Sukhorukov, and Yuri S. Kivshar
ThD5 Nonlinear Guided Waves and Their Applications (NP) 2005