• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 9, Issue 7, 070801 (2011)
Zaifei Song, Sheng Liu, Xuetao Gan, Jianlin Zhao, and Enpu Li
Author Affiliations
  • Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Optical Information Technology, The Key Laboratory of Space Applied Physics and Chemistry, Ministry of Education, School of Science, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710072, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/COL201109.070801 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Zaifei Song, Sheng Liu, Xuetao Gan, Jianlin Zhao, Enpu Li. Rotating properties of Bragg reflections and spatial lattice solitons in rotating photonic lattices[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2011, 9(7): 070801 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    We demonstrate the rotating properties of Bragg reflections and spatial lattice solitons in rotating photonic lattices by analyzing the linear and nonlinear propagations of light. It reveals that the Bragg reflection of the light waves rotates synchronously with the lattices, leading to the rotation of the Bloch waves during propagations. In the presence of nonlinearity, rotating lattice solitons from different transmission bands can propagate in a relatively stable manner. However, reduced-symmetry solitons at point X2 cannot easily rotate synchronously with the lattice, owing to Coriolis forces. Moreover, additional angular momenta are added to the off-axis propagating solitons.
    Zaifei Song, Sheng Liu, Xuetao Gan, Jianlin Zhao, Enpu Li. Rotating properties of Bragg reflections and spatial lattice solitons in rotating photonic lattices[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2011, 9(7): 070801
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