Symmetric and antisymmetric soliton states in two-dimensional photonic lattices.
We study the dynamics of off-site excitation in an optically induced waveguide lattice. A single beam centered between two waveguides leads to an asymmetric beam profile as the nonlinearity reaches a threshold. When two probe beams are launched in parallel into two nearby off-site locations, they form symmetric or antisymmetric (twisted) soliton states, depending on their relative phase. A transition of intensity pattern from on-site to off-site locations is also observed as the lattice is excited by a quasi-one-dimensional plane wave.
Lou
Cibo
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Key Laboratory for Weak-Light Nonlinear Photonics Materials, Ministry of Education, and TEDA Applied Physical School, Nankai University, Tianjin 300457, China.
Xu
Jingjun
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Tang
Liqin
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Chen
Zhigang
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Kevrekidis
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