Photonic band-gap inhibition of modulation instabilities
Talk
Damia Gomila
Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde
Dec. 19, 2003, 2:30 p.m.
Sala de Juntes, Ed. Mateu Orfila
Pattern formation is studied in a nonlinear cavity with a photonic crystal. The interaction of the modulated refractive index with the nonlinearity inhibits the modulation instability via the existence of a photonic band-gap. A novel mechanism of light localization due to defects and pattern inhibition is also described.