Abstract
We report the experimental demonstration of bandgap guidance of light by a single-site negative defect in optically-induced two-dimensional photonic lattices. The guided patterns display fine spatial structures arising from defect modes excited at higher bandgaps.
© 2006 Optical Society of America
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