Equipment for Nonlinear Photonics Research - Light Control and Image Transmission in Specially-Designed Photonic

Abstract

In the past year, we successfully demonstrated several phenomena related to light localization, light beam manipulation, and light signal routing in free-space as well as in optically-induced photonic bandgap structures, including elimination of transverse instability in stripe solitons by one-dimensional lattices, linear and nonlinear control of optical beams in optical periodic structures. In particular, we predicted and demonstrated a new class of nonconventional edge states in optically induced honey-comb lattices - an optical analog of graphene, which has been published in Nature Material and Physics Review Letters. Our work was reported in a number of news media as well as featured in PRL cover. We are happy to report that we have made significant progress in this funded project with already many scientific research papers published in top-rated refereed journals (See attached list of publications that acknowledged the support from AFOSR). In addition, several students have actively involved in this project, and close collaboration has been maintained with other principal investigators supported by AFOSR.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 14, 2014
Accession Number
ADA598473

Entities

People

  • Zhigang Chen

Organizations

  • San Francisco State University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Amplitude Modulation
  • Band Gaps
  • Contracts
  • Graphene
  • Materials
  • Observation
  • Optics
  • Paper
  • Photonics
  • Scientific Research
  • Three Dimensional
  • Trajectories
  • Transverse
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Quantum Dot Semiconductor Device Photonics and Graphene Optoelectronic Materials and THz Physics.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Space