Beam control and multi-color routing with spatial photonic defect modes

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Beam control and multi-color routing with spatial photonic defect modes

Xiaosheng Wang and Zhigang Chen »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 17, Issue 19, pp. 16927-16932 (2009)
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We demonstrate tunable re-directing, blocking, and splitting of a light beam along defect channels based on spatial bandgap guidance in two-dimensional photonic lattices. We show the possibility for linear control of beam propagation and multicolor routing with specially designed junctions and surface structures embedded in otherwise uniform square lattices.

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(050.1940) Diffraction and gratings : Diffraction
(230.7370) Optical devices : Waveguides
(160.5293) Materials : Photonic bandgap materials

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Photonic Crystals

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Original Manuscript: July 28, 2009
Revised Manuscript: August 27, 2009
Manuscript Accepted: August 28, 2009
Published: September 8, 2009

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Xiaosheng Wang and Zhigang Chen, "Beam control and multi-color routing with spatial photonic defect modes," Opt. Express 17, 16927-16932 (2009)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-17-19-16927

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J. D. Joannopoulos, S. G. Johnson, J. N. Winn, and R. D. Meade, Photonic Crystal: Molding the Flow of Light (second edition) (Princeton U. Press, 2008).
A. Mekis, J. C. Chen, I. Kurland, S. Fan, P. R. Villeneuve, and J. D. Joannopoulos, “High transmission through sharp bends in photonic crystal waveguides,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 77(18), 3787–3790 (1996). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
S. Y. Lin, E. Chow, V. Hietala, P. R. Villeneuve, and J. D. Joannopoulos, “Experimental demonstration of guiding and bending of electromagnetic waves in a photonic crystal,” Science 282(5387), 274–276 (1998). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
T. Baba, N. Fukaya, and J. Yonekura, “Observation of light propagation in photonic crystal optical waveguides with bends,” Electron. Lett. 35(8), 654 (1999). [CrossRef]
A. Yariv, Y. Xu, R. K. Lee, and A. Scherer, “Coupled-resonator optical waveguide: a proposal and analysis,” Opt. Lett. 24(11), 711–713 (1999). [CrossRef]
M. Bayindir, B. Temelkuran, and E. Ozbay, “Propagation of photons by hopping: A waveguiding mechanism through localized coupled cavities in three-dimensional photonic crystals,” Phys. Rev. B 61(18), R11855–R11858 (2000). [CrossRef]
D. N. Christodoulides and E. D. Eugenieva, “Blocking and routing discrete solitons in two-dimensional networks of nonlinear waveguide arrays,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 87(23), 233901 (2001). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
J. Meier, G. I. Stegeman, D. N. Christodoulides, R. Morandotti, G. Salamo, H. Yang, M. Sorel, Y. Silberberg, and J. S. Aitchison, “Incoherent blocker soliton interactions in Kerr waveguide arrays,” Opt. Lett. 30(23), 3174–3176 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
D. N. Christodoulides, F. Lederer, and Y. Silberberg, “Discretizing light behaviour in linear and nonlinear waveguide lattices,” Nature 424(6950), 817–823 (2003). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
Y. S. Kivshar, and G. P. Agrawal, Optical solitons: From fibers to photonic crystals (Academic Press, San Diego, 2003).
F. Lederer, G. I. Stegeman, D. N. Christodoulides, G. Assanto, M. Segev, and Y. Silberberg, “Discrete solitons in optics,” Phys. Rep. 463(1-3), 1–126 (2008). [CrossRef]
Y. V. Kartashov, V. A. Vysloukh, and L. Torner, “Soliton shape and mobility control in optical lattices,” Prog. Opt. 52, 63–148 (2009). [CrossRef]
N. K. Efremidis, S. Sears, D. N. Christodoulides, J. W. Fleischer, and M. Segev, “Discrete solitons in photorefractive optically induced photonic lattices,” Phys. Rev. E Stat. Nonlin. Soft Matter Phys. 66(4), 046602 (2002). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
J. W. Fleischer, M. Segev, N. K. Efremidis, and D. N. Christodoulides, “Observation of two-dimensional discrete solitons in optically induced nonlinear photonic lattices,” Nature 422(6928), 147–150 (2003). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
Z. Chen and K. McCarthy, “Spatial soliton pixels from partially incoherent light,” Opt. Lett. 27(22), 2019–2021 (2002). [CrossRef]
K. Davis, K. Miura, N. Sugimoto, and K. Hirao, “Writing waveguides in glass with a femtosecond laser,” Opt. Lett. 21(21), 1729 (1996). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
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H. S. Eisenberg, Y. Silberberg, R. Morandotti, A. R. Boyd, and J. S. Aitchison, “Observation of discrete solitons in optical waveguide arrays,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 3383 (1998). [CrossRef]
T. Pertsch, T. Zentgraf, U. Peschel, A. Brauer, and F. Lederer, “Beam steering in waveguide arrays,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 80(18), 3247 (2002). [CrossRef]
Y. Tan, F. Chen, M. Stepić, V. Shandarov, and D. Kip, “Reconfigurable optical channel waveguides in lithium niobate crystals,” Opt. Express 16(14), 10465 (2008). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
F. Fedele, J. Yang, and Z. Chen, “Defect modes in one-dimensional photonic lattices,” Opt. Lett. 30(12), 1506–1508 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
F. Fedele, J. Yang, and Z. Chen, “Properties of defect modes in one-dimensional optically-induced photonic lattices,” Stud. Appl. Math. 115(2), 279–301 (2005). [CrossRef]
X. Wang, Z. Chen, and J. Yang, “Guiding light in optically induced ring lattices with a low-refractive-index core,” Opt. Lett. 31(12), 1887–1889 (2006). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
X. Wang, J. Young, Z. Chen, D. Weinstein, and J. Yang, “Observation of lower to higher bandgap transition of one-dimensional defect modes,” Opt. Express 14(16), 7362 (2006). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
I. Makasyuk, Z. Chen, and J. Yang, “Band-gap guidance in optically induced photonic lattices with a negative defect,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 96(22), 223903 (2006). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
G. Bartal, O. Cohen, H. Buljan, J. W. Fleischer, O. Manela, and M. Segev, “Brillouin zone spectroscopy of nonlinear photonic lattices,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 94(16), 163902 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
U. Peschel, R. Morandotti, J. S. Aitchison, H. S. Eisenberg, and Y. Silberberg, “Nonlinearly induced escape from a defect state in waveguide arrays,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 75(10), 1348 (1999). [CrossRef]
A. Szameit, Y. V. Kartashov, M. Heinrich, F. Dreisow, T. Pertsch, S. Nolte, A. Tünnermann, F. Lederer, V. A. Vysloukh, and L. Torner, “Observation of two-dimensional defect surface solitons,” Opt. Lett. 34(6), 797–799 (2009). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
J. Yang, X. Wang, J. Wang, and Z. Chen, “Light localization by defects in optically induced photonic structures” in Nonlinearities in Periodic Structures and Metamaterials, C. Denz, S. Flach, Y. S. Kivshar eds. (Springer, 2009).
S. Suntsov, K. G. Makris, G. A. Siviloglou, R. Iwanow, R. Schiek, D. N. Christodoulides, G. I. Stegeman, R. Morandotti, H. Yang, G. Salamo, M. Volatier, V. Aimez, R. Arès, M. Sorel, Y. Min, W. Sohler, X. I. A. O. S. H. E. N. G. Wang, A. N. N. A. Bezryadina, and Z. H. I. G. A. N. G. Chen, “Observation of one-and two-dimensional discrete surface spatial solitons,” J. Nonlinear Opt. Phys. Mater. 16(04), 401 (2007). [CrossRef]
S. Suntsov, K. G. Makris, D. N. Christodoulides, G. I. Stegeman, R. Morandotti, M. Volatier, V. Aimez, R. Arès, C. E. Rüter, and D. Kip, “Optical modes at the interface between two dissimilar discrete meta-materials,” Opt. Express 15(8), 4663 (2007). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
N. Malkova, I. Hromada, X. Wang, G. Bryant, and Z. Chen, “Observation of optical Shockley-like surface states in photonic superlattices,” Opt. Lett. 34(11), 1633–1635 (2009). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
R. A. Vicencio, J. Brand, and S. Flach, “Fano blockade by a bose-einstein condensate in an optical lattice,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 98(18), 184102 (2007). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
A. E. Miroshnichenko and Y. S. Kivshar, “Engineering Fano resonances in discrete arrays,” Phys. Rev. E Stat. Nonlin. Soft Matter Phys. 72(5), 056611 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

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[1] J. D. Joannopoulos, S. G. Johnson, J. N. Winn, and R. D. Meade, Photonic Crystal: Molding the Flow of Light (second edition) (Princeton U. Press, 2008).

[2] A. Mekis, J. C. Chen, I. Kurland, S. Fan, P. R. Villeneuve, and J. D. Joannopoulos, “High transmission through sharp bends in photonic crystal waveguides,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 77(18), 3787–3790 (1996). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[3] S. Y. Lin, E. Chow, V. Hietala, P. R. Villeneuve, and J. D. Joannopoulos, “Experimental demonstration of guiding and bending of electromagnetic waves in a photonic crystal,” Science 282(5387), 274–276 (1998). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[4] T. Baba, N. Fukaya, and J. Yonekura, “Observation of light propagation in photonic crystal optical waveguides with bends,” Electron. Lett. 35(8), 654 (1999). [CrossRef]

[5] A. Yariv, Y. Xu, R. K. Lee, and A. Scherer, “Coupled-resonator optical waveguide: a proposal and analysis,” Opt. Lett. 24(11), 711–713 (1999). [CrossRef]

[6] M. Bayindir, B. Temelkuran, and E. Ozbay, “Propagation of photons by hopping: A waveguiding mechanism through localized coupled cavities in three-dimensional photonic crystals,” Phys. Rev. B 61(18), R11855–R11858 (2000). [CrossRef]

[7] D. N. Christodoulides and E. D. Eugenieva, “Blocking and routing discrete solitons in two-dimensional networks of nonlinear waveguide arrays,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 87(23), 233901 (2001). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[8] J. Meier, G. I. Stegeman, D. N. Christodoulides, R. Morandotti, G. Salamo, H. Yang, M. Sorel, Y. Silberberg, and J. S. Aitchison, “Incoherent blocker soliton interactions in Kerr waveguide arrays,” Opt. Lett. 30(23), 3174–3176 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[9] D. N. Christodoulides, F. Lederer, and Y. Silberberg, “Discretizing light behaviour in linear and nonlinear waveguide lattices,” Nature 424(6950), 817–823 (2003). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[10] Y. S. Kivshar, and G. P. Agrawal, Optical solitons: From fibers to photonic crystals (Academic Press, San Diego, 2003).

[11] F. Lederer, G. I. Stegeman, D. N. Christodoulides, G. Assanto, M. Segev, and Y. Silberberg, “Discrete solitons in optics,” Phys. Rep. 463(1-3), 1–126 (2008). [CrossRef]

[12] Y. V. Kartashov, V. A. Vysloukh, and L. Torner, “Soliton shape and mobility control in optical lattices,” Prog. Opt. 52, 63–148 (2009). [CrossRef]

[13] N. K. Efremidis, S. Sears, D. N. Christodoulides, J. W. Fleischer, and M. Segev, “Discrete solitons in photorefractive optically induced photonic lattices,” Phys. Rev. E Stat. Nonlin. Soft Matter Phys. 66(4), 046602 (2002). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[14] J. W. Fleischer, M. Segev, N. K. Efremidis, and D. N. Christodoulides, “Observation of two-dimensional discrete solitons in optically induced nonlinear photonic lattices,” Nature 422(6928), 147–150 (2003). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[15] Z. Chen and K. McCarthy, “Spatial soliton pixels from partially incoherent light,” Opt. Lett. 27(22), 2019–2021 (2002). [CrossRef]

[16] K. Davis, K. Miura, N. Sugimoto, and K. Hirao, “Writing waveguides in glass with a femtosecond laser,” Opt. Lett. 21(21), 1729 (1996). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[17] A. Szameit, I. L. Garanovich, M. Heinrich, A. A. Sukhorukov, F. Dreisow, T. Pertsch, S. Nolte, A. Tünnermann, and Y. S. Kivshar, “Polychromatic dynamic localization in curved photonic lattices,” Nat. Phys. 5(4), 271–275 (2009). [CrossRef]

[18] H. S. Eisenberg, Y. Silberberg, R. Morandotti, A. R. Boyd, and J. S. Aitchison, “Observation of discrete solitons in optical waveguide arrays,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 3383 (1998). [CrossRef]

[19] T. Pertsch, T. Zentgraf, U. Peschel, A. Brauer, and F. Lederer, “Beam steering in waveguide arrays,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 80(18), 3247 (2002). [CrossRef]

[20] Y. Tan, F. Chen, M. Stepić, V. Shandarov, and D. Kip, “Reconfigurable optical channel waveguides in lithium niobate crystals,” Opt. Express 16(14), 10465 (2008). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[21] F. Fedele, J. Yang, and Z. Chen, “Defect modes in one-dimensional photonic lattices,” Opt. Lett. 30(12), 1506–1508 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[22] F. Fedele, J. Yang, and Z. Chen, “Properties of defect modes in one-dimensional optically-induced photonic lattices,” Stud. Appl. Math. 115(2), 279–301 (2005). [CrossRef]

[23] X. Wang, Z. Chen, and J. Yang, “Guiding light in optically induced ring lattices with a low-refractive-index core,” Opt. Lett. 31(12), 1887–1889 (2006). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[24] X. Wang, J. Young, Z. Chen, D. Weinstein, and J. Yang, “Observation of lower to higher bandgap transition of one-dimensional defect modes,” Opt. Express 14(16), 7362 (2006). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[25] I. Makasyuk, Z. Chen, and J. Yang, “Band-gap guidance in optically induced photonic lattices with a negative defect,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 96(22), 223903 (2006). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[26] G. Bartal, O. Cohen, H. Buljan, J. W. Fleischer, O. Manela, and M. Segev, “Brillouin zone spectroscopy of nonlinear photonic lattices,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 94(16), 163902 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[27] U. Peschel, R. Morandotti, J. S. Aitchison, H. S. Eisenberg, and Y. Silberberg, “Nonlinearly induced escape from a defect state in waveguide arrays,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 75(10), 1348 (1999). [CrossRef]

[28] A. Szameit, Y. V. Kartashov, M. Heinrich, F. Dreisow, T. Pertsch, S. Nolte, A. Tünnermann, F. Lederer, V. A. Vysloukh, and L. Torner, “Observation of two-dimensional defect surface solitons,” Opt. Lett. 34(6), 797–799 (2009). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[29] J. Yang, X. Wang, J. Wang, and Z. Chen, “Light localization by defects in optically induced photonic structures” in Nonlinearities in Periodic Structures and Metamaterials, C. Denz, S. Flach, Y. S. Kivshar eds. (Springer, 2009).

[30] S. Suntsov, K. G. Makris, G. A. Siviloglou, R. Iwanow, R. Schiek, D. N. Christodoulides, G. I. Stegeman, R. Morandotti, H. Yang, G. Salamo, M. Volatier, V. Aimez, R. Arès, M. Sorel, Y. Min, W. Sohler, X. I. A. O. S. H. E. N. G. Wang, A. N. N. A. Bezryadina, and Z. H. I. G. A. N. G. Chen, “Observation of one-and two-dimensional discrete surface spatial solitons,” J. Nonlinear Opt. Phys. Mater. 16(04), 401 (2007). [CrossRef]

[31] S. Suntsov, K. G. Makris, D. N. Christodoulides, G. I. Stegeman, R. Morandotti, M. Volatier, V. Aimez, R. Arès, C. E. Rüter, and D. Kip, “Optical modes at the interface between two dissimilar discrete meta-materials,” Opt. Express 15(8), 4663 (2007). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[32] N. Malkova, I. Hromada, X. Wang, G. Bryant, and Z. Chen, “Observation of optical Shockley-like surface states in photonic superlattices,” Opt. Lett. 34(11), 1633–1635 (2009). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[33] R. A. Vicencio, J. Brand, and S. Flach, “Fano blockade by a bose-einstein condensate in an optical lattice,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 98(18), 184102 (2007). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[34] A. E. Miroshnichenko and Y. S. Kivshar, “Engineering Fano resonances in discrete arrays,” Phys. Rev. E Stat. Nonlin. Soft Matter Phys. 72(5), 056611 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

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