Morphing discrete diffraction in nonlinear Mathieu lattices
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Zannotti, AlessandroVasiljević, Jadranka M.
Timotijević, Dejan
Jović Savić, Dragana M.
Denz, Cornelia
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Discrete optical gratings are essential components to customize structured light waves, determined by the band structure of the periodic potential. Beyond fabricating static devices, light-driven diffraction management requires nonlinear materials. Up to now, nonlinear self-action has been limited mainly to discrete spatial solitons. Discrete solitons, however, are restricted to the eigenstates of the photonic lattice. Here, we control light formation by nonlinear discrete diffraction, allowing for versatile output diffraction states. We observe morphing of diffraction structures for discrete Mathieu beams propagating nonlinearly in photosensitive media. The self-action of a zero-order Mathieu beam in a nonlinear medium shows characteristics similar to discrete diffraction in one-dimensional waveguide arrays. Mathieu beams of higher orders show discrete diffraction along curved paths, showing the fingerprint of respective two-dimensional photonic lattices.
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discrete diffraction, Mathieu beams, photonic lattices, morphing diffraction, nonlinearitySource:
Optics Letters, 2019, 44Publisher:
- Optics Letters
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- German Academic Exchange Service (Project No. 57219089)
- Qatar National Research Fund (NPRP No. 7-665-1-125)
- Nonlinear photonics of inhomogeneous media and surfaces (RS-MESTD-Basic Research (BR or ON)-171036)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.44.001592
ISSN: 0146-9592 (print); 1539-4794 (web)
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Institut za multidisciplinarna istraživanjaTY - JOUR AU - Zannotti, Alessandro AU - Vasiljević, Jadranka M. AU - Timotijević, Dejan AU - Jović Savić, Dragana M. AU - Denz, Cornelia PY - 2019 UR - http://rimsi.imsi.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/3046 AB - Discrete optical gratings are essential components to customize structured light waves, determined by the band structure of the periodic potential. Beyond fabricating static devices, light-driven diffraction management requires nonlinear materials. Up to now, nonlinear self-action has been limited mainly to discrete spatial solitons. Discrete solitons, however, are restricted to the eigenstates of the photonic lattice. Here, we control light formation by nonlinear discrete diffraction, allowing for versatile output diffraction states. We observe morphing of diffraction structures for discrete Mathieu beams propagating nonlinearly in photosensitive media. The self-action of a zero-order Mathieu beam in a nonlinear medium shows characteristics similar to discrete diffraction in one-dimensional waveguide arrays. Mathieu beams of higher orders show discrete diffraction along curved paths, showing the fingerprint of respective two-dimensional photonic lattices. PB - Optics Letters T2 - Optics Letters T1 - Morphing discrete diffraction in nonlinear Mathieu lattices VL - 44 DO - https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.44.001592 ER -
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Zannotti, A., Vasiljević, J. M., Timotijević, D., Jović Savić, D. M.,& Denz, C.. (2019). Morphing discrete diffraction in nonlinear Mathieu lattices. in Optics Letters Optics Letters., 44. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.44.001592
Zannotti A, Vasiljević JM, Timotijević D, Jović Savić DM, Denz C. Morphing discrete diffraction in nonlinear Mathieu lattices. in Optics Letters. 2019;44. doi:https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.44.001592 .
Zannotti, Alessandro, Vasiljević, Jadranka M., Timotijević, Dejan, Jović Savić, Dragana M., Denz, Cornelia, "Morphing discrete diffraction in nonlinear Mathieu lattices" in Optics Letters, 44 (2019), https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.44.001592 . .