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Nonlinear diffusion and self-trapping of light in diffraction-managed photonic lattices

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Abstract

We study nonlinear propagation of light in diffraction-managed photonic lattices created with periodically-curved arrays of optical waveguides. We identify a novel regime of nonlinear light diffusion in self-collimating structures where linear diffraction is suppressed.

© 2007 Optical Society of America

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