Tunneling mediated by conical waves in a 1D lattice
arXiv:0709.2022 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.013601
Abstract
The nonlinear propagation of 3D wave-packets in a 1D Bragg-induced band-gap system, shows that tranverse effects (free space diffraction) affect the interplay of periodicity and nonlinearity, leading to the spontaneous formation of fast and slow conical localized waves. Such excitation corresponds to enhanced nonlinear transmission (tunneling) in the gap, with peculiar features which differ on the two edges of the band-gap, as dictated by the full dispersion relationship of the localized waves.
5 pages, 6 figures
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