Observation of Two-Dimensional Dynamic Localization of Light

Alexander Szameit, Ivan L. Garanovich, Matthias Heinrich, Andrey A. Sukhorukov, Felix Dreisow, Thomas Pertsch, Stefan Nolte, Andreas Tünnermann, Stefano Longhi, and Yuri S. Kivshar
Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 223903 – Published 1 June 2010
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    We report on the first experimental observation of dynamic localization of light in two-dimensional photonic lattices. We demonstrate suppression of beam diffraction in hexagonal lattices created by weakly coupled waveguides with axis bending. We also reveal that this effect is strongly related to dynamic localization in zigzag waveguide arrays with next-nearest neighboring interactions.

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    • Received 4 February 2010

    DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.223903

    ©2010 American Physical Society

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    Alexander Szameit1, Ivan L. Garanovich2, Matthias Heinrich3, Andrey A. Sukhorukov2, Felix Dreisow3, Thomas Pertsch3, Stefan Nolte3, Andreas Tünnermann3, Stefano Longhi4, and Yuri S. Kivshar2

    • 1Solid State Institute and Physics Department, Technion, 32000 Haifa, Israel
    • 2Nonlinear Physics Centre and Centre for Ultra-high Bandwidth Devices for Optical Systems (CUDOS), Research School of Physics and Engineering, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
    • 3Institute of Applied Physics, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Max-Wien-Platz 1, 07743 Jena, Germany
    • 4Dipartimento di Fisica, Politecnico di Milano, I-20133 Milano, Italy

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    Vol. 104, Iss. 22 — 4 June 2010

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