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Light tunneling inhibition and anisotropic diffraction engineering in two-dimensional waveguide arrays

Year: 2009

Type: article

Abstract: We address two-dimensional (2D) waveguide arrays where light tunneling into neighboring waveguides may be effectively suppressed by an out-of-phase harmonic modulation of the refractive index in neighboring waveguides at suitable frequencies. Genuine 2D features, such as anisotropic diffraction engineering, diffraction-free propagation along selected directions in the transverse plane, and tunneling inhibition for multichannel vortices, are shown to occur.

Source: Optics Letters

DOI: 10.1364/ol.34.002906

Authors: Y. V. Kartashov, A. Szameit, V. A. Vysloukh, L. Torner

Institutions: Institute of Photonic Sciences, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Universidad de las Américas Puebla

Language: English

Topic: Nonlinear Photonic Systems

Subfield: Statistical and Nonlinear Physics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2049214064

FWCI: 5.711

Cites: 21

Cited by: 52

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