Nonlinear optical lattices



Discrete light propagation in waveguide arrays in the linear and nonlinear optical regimes. Experimental investigation of one-dimensional lattices and related effects (Zener tunneling, steering, spatial solitons, switching, dispersion spectroscopy) in glass arrays by direct-laser writing and in elctro-optically tunable liquid crystalline samples.


Collaborations

Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland

Department of Physics Polytechnic of Milan Italy

Department of Physics, University of Calabria, Arcavacata di Rende (CS), Italy


People

Gaetano Assanto, Decio Levi


Related publications

2024

On the generation of optical third-harmonic waves through quasi-phase-matching in quadratic crystals
Wave Motion, In press

2011

Three-dimensional spatiotemporal vector solitary waves
J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 44, 095403 (2011)

2010

Soliton steering by longitudinal modulation of the nonlinearity in waveguide arrays
Phys. Rev. Lett. 104 (5), 053903 (2010)

Soliton steering by longitudinal modulation of the nonlinearity in waveguide arrays
Phys. Rev. Lett. 104 (5), 053903 (2010)

2008

Discrete Solitons in Optics
Phys. Rep. 463 (1-3), 1 (2008)

In-situ tuning of a photonic band-gap with laser pulses
Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 091111 (2008)

Spatial solitons in two-dimensional lattices of a nonlinear nature
Opt. Photon. News 6, 29-32 (2008)

Transverse nonlinear optics in Heavy Metal Oxide Glass
Phys. Rev. A 77, 043808 (2008)

Parametric solitons in two-dimensional lattices of purely nonlinear origin
Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 053901 (2008)

Pulse shaping via Backward Second Harmonic Generation
Opt. Express 16, 2115-2121 (2008)

Efficient high-harmonic generation in engineered quasi-phase matching gratings
Opt. Express 16, 18370-18375 (2008)

2007

Light induced angular steering via Floquet-Bloch band-tunneling in one-dimensional liquid crystalline photonic lattices
Opto-Electronics Rev. 15, 210-214 (2007)

Universal character of the discrete nonlinear Schrödinger equation
Phys. Rev. A 76, 042108 (2007)

Symmetry breaking instabilities in perturbed optical lattices: nonlinear non-reciprocity and "macroscopic" self-trapping
Phys. Rev. A 75, 063828 (2007)

Guided-wave frequency doubling in surface periodically poled lithium niobate: competing effects
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 24, 1564-1570 (2007)

Femtosecond pulse synthesis by efficient second-harmonic generation in engineered quasi phase matching gratings
Opt. Express 15, 7448-7457 (2007)

Ultraviolet Quasi-Phase-Matched Second Harmonic Generation in Surface Periodically Poled Lithium Niobate Optical Waveguides
Laser Phys. 17, 884-888 (2007)

Spatial solitons in nematic liquid crystals: from bulk to discrete
Opt. Express 15, 5248-5259 (2007)

Discrete optics in liquid crystalline lattices
LEOS Newslett. 2, 11-16 (2007)

Nonlinear adiabatic evolution and emission of coherent Bloch waves in optical lattices
Phys. Rev. A 75, 13626 (2007)

2006

Discrete light propagation and self-localization in voltage-controlled arrays of channel waveguides in undoped nematic liquid crystals
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 453, 191-202 (2006)

Dispersion spectroscopy of photonic lattices
Opt. Lett. 31, 3351-3353 (2006)

Impedance matching in photonic crystal microcavities for second-harmonic generation
Opt. Lett. 31, 250-252 (2006)

Governing soliton splitting in one-dimensional lattices
Phys. Rev. E 73, 046603 (2006)

Optically induced Zener tunneling in one-dimensional lattices
Opt. Lett. 31, 790-792 (2006)

All-optical Landau-Zener tunneling in waveguide arrays
Opt. Express 14, 2021-2026 (2006)

2005

Transient-mode excitation, terahertz generation and wavelength shifting in a photonic band gap
Appl. Phys. B 81, 415-420 (2005)

Terahertz pulse generation via optical rectification in photonic crystal microcavities
Opt. Lett. 30, 1174-1176 (2005)

Discrete light propagation and self-trapping in liquid crystals
Opt. Express 13, 1808-1815 (2005)

All-optical switching and beam steering in tunable waveguide arrays
Appl. Phys. Lett. 86, 51112-51114 (2005)

Nematic Liquid Crystal Waveguide Arrays
Optoelectron. Rev. 13, 107-12 (2005)

Integrated twin-photon sources for the silicon absorption band: a numerical study
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 22, 2331-2337 (2005)

Discrete light localization in one-dimensional nonlinear lattices with arbitrary nonlocality
Phys. Rev. E 72, 066608 (2005)Form

Optical multiband vector breathers in tunable waveguide arrays
Opt. Lett. 30, 174-176 (2005)

2004

Wavelength shifting in photonic bandgap microcavities with isotropic media
Appl. Phys. Lett. 85, 4585-4587 (2004)

Discrete propagation and spatial solitons in nematic liquid crystals
Opt. Lett. 29, 1530 (2004)

Three-Dimensional Superprism Effect in Photonic-Crystal Slabs
IEEE J. Lightwave Technol. 22, 1748 (2004)

Parametric Oscillations in Photonic Crystal Slabs 3-D Time-Domain Analysis
IEEE Photon. Techn. Lett. 16, 1495 (2004)

Photonic crystal wires for optical parametric oscillators in isotropic media
Appl. Phys. B 79, 9-13 (2004)

Optical parametric oscillations in isotropic photonic crystals
Opt. Express 12, 823-828 (2004)

Discrete optical solitons in nematic liquid crystals
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 421, 61-68 (2004)

Controlled transmission in the forbidden photonic bandgap via transient nonlinear states
Opt. Lett. 29, 2902-2904 (2004)

Frequency generation within the forbidden band gap: All optical Rabi-like splitting in photonic crystals and microcavities
Phys. Rev. E 70, 066614-1-5 (2004)

2001

Quadratic Simultons in linear and nonlinear photonic bandgaps
J. Nonl. Opt. Phys. Mat. 10, 197-208 (2001)

2000

Cascading phase-shift and multivalued response in counterpropagating frequency nondegenerate parametric amplifiers
Opt. Lett. 25, 966-968 (2000)

1999

Analysis of Lithium Niobate All-Optical Wavelength Shifters for the Third Spectral Window
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 16, 741-753 (1999)

1997

Efficient Wavelength Shifting Over the Erbium Amplifier Bandwidth Via Cascaded Second Order Processes in Lithium Niobate Waveguides
Appl. Phys. Lett. 7, 1020-1022 (1997)