Abstract
A discrete analogue of the dynamic (Kapitza) trapping effect, known for classical and quantum particles in rapidly oscillating potentials, is proposed for light waves in modulated graded-index waveguide lattices. In particular, it is shown that, while a graded-index potential in a nonmodulated waveguide lattice can confine light at either normal or Bragg angle incidence, periodic modulation of the potential in the longitudinal direction enables one to trap optical beams at both normal and Bragg incidence angles.
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