RUI: Controlling Light in Light-induced Photonic Lattices

这个RUI实验研究项目集中在现代非线性光学/光子学前沿的一个研究项目上，该项目将积极吸引学生参与，特别是研究光在二维(2D)光诱导光子晶格中的传播。该项目将探索与二维光诱导光子晶格中的光传播有关的新概念和基本问题，以及在这种晶格中利用光来控制光以进行光引导和路径选择。此外，光学周期系统的这些研究将对其他科学领域产生强烈的影响，从固体物理到光子晶体，再到捕获在周期势中的玻色-爱因斯坦凝聚体。这一重要研究领域的本科生培训是该计划的重要组成部分。

This RUI experimental research program focuses on a research project at the frontier of modern nonlinear optics/photonics that will actively involve students, with special focus on the study of light propagation in two-dimensional (2D) optically induced photonic lattices. The project will explore new concepts and fundamental issues related to light propagation in 2D optically-induced photonic lattices, as well as on controlling light by light in such lattices for light guiding and routing. Furthermore, these studies in optical periodic systems will have strong impact on other areas of sciences, ranging from solid state physics to photonic crystals, and to Bose-Einstein condensates trapped in periodic potentials. Training of undergraduates in this important field of research is an essential component of the program.