Observation of second-band vortex solitons in 2D photonic lattices

Guy Bartal; Ofer Manela; Oren Cohen; Jason W. Fleischer; Mordechai Segev

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.053904

Observation of second-band vortex solitons in 2D photonic lattices

Guy Bartal
, Ofer Manela
, Oren Cohen
, Jason W. Fleischer
, Mordechai Segev

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

109 Scopus citations

Abstract

We demonstrate second-band bright vortex-array solitons in photonic lattices. This constitutes the first experimental observation of higher-band solitons in any 2D periodic system. These solitons possess complex intensity and phase structures, yet they can be excited by a simple highly localized vortex-ring beam. Finally, we show that the linear diffraction of such beams exhibits preferential transport along the lattice axes.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	053904
Journal	Physical review letters
Volume	95
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.053904
State	Published - Jul 29 2005

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

General Physics and Astronomy

Access to Document

10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.053904

Cite this

@article{ec11e6a8424d421192e50e6862312ecb,

title = "Observation of second-band vortex solitons in 2D photonic lattices",

abstract = "We demonstrate second-band bright vortex-array solitons in photonic lattices. This constitutes the first experimental observation of higher-band solitons in any 2D periodic system. These solitons possess complex intensity and phase structures, yet they can be excited by a simple highly localized vortex-ring beam. Finally, we show that the linear diffraction of such beams exhibits preferential transport along the lattice axes.",

author = "Guy Bartal and Ofer Manela and Oren Cohen and Fleischer, \{Jason W.\} and Mordechai Segev",

year = "2005",

month = jul,

day = "29",

doi = "10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.053904",

language = "English (US)",

volume = "95",

journal = "Physical review letters",

issn = "0031-9007",

publisher = "American Physical Society",

number = "5",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Observation of second-band vortex solitons in 2D photonic lattices

AU - Bartal, Guy

AU - Manela, Ofer

AU - Cohen, Oren

AU - Fleischer, Jason W.

AU - Segev, Mordechai

PY - 2005/7/29

Y1 - 2005/7/29

N2 - We demonstrate second-band bright vortex-array solitons in photonic lattices. This constitutes the first experimental observation of higher-band solitons in any 2D periodic system. These solitons possess complex intensity and phase structures, yet they can be excited by a simple highly localized vortex-ring beam. Finally, we show that the linear diffraction of such beams exhibits preferential transport along the lattice axes.

AB - We demonstrate second-band bright vortex-array solitons in photonic lattices. This constitutes the first experimental observation of higher-band solitons in any 2D periodic system. These solitons possess complex intensity and phase structures, yet they can be excited by a simple highly localized vortex-ring beam. Finally, we show that the linear diffraction of such beams exhibits preferential transport along the lattice axes.

UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/27144544451

UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/27144544451#tab=citedBy

U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.053904

DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.053904

M3 - Article

C2 - 16090879

AN - SCOPUS:27144544451

SN - 0031-9007

VL - 95

JO - Physical review letters

JF - Physical review letters

IS - 5

M1 - 053904

ER -

Observation of second-band vortex solitons in 2D photonic lattices

Abstract

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this