Paper A50

Two-dimensional self-trapped nonlinear phtonic lattices

A. S. Desyatnikov, N. Sagemerten, R. Fisher, B. Terhalle, D. Träger, D. N. Neshev, A. Dreischuh, C. Denz, W. Krolikowski, Yu. S. Kivshar

Abstract.

We predict theoretically and generate experimentally in photorefractive crystal two-dimensional self-trapped periodic waves of different symmetries, including vortex lattices – patterns of phase dislocations with internal energy flows. We demonstrate that these nonlinear waves exist with nonlocal nonlinearity even when the optically-induced periodic refractive index becomes highly anisotropic, and it depends on the orientation of the two-dimensional lattice relative to the crystallographic c-axis.