Discrete solitons and soliton-induced dislocations in partially-coherent photonic lattices

Abstract

We investigate the interaction between a light beam and a two-dimensional photonic lattice that is photo-induced in a photorefractive crystal using partially coherent light. We demonstrate that this interaction process is associated with a host of new phenomena including lattice dislocation, lattice deformation, and creation of structures akin to optical polarons. In addition, two-dimensional discrete solitons are realized in such partially coherent photonic lattices.

12 pages, 4 figures (revised). accepted by Phys. Rev. Lett