Gaussian-induced rotation in triangular photonic lattices

Time-dependent rotation of counterpropagating mutually incoherent self-trapped Gaussian beams in periodic optically induced fixed photonic lattices is numerically investigated. Rotation occurs for some values of control parameters. For parameters of such rotation, the solitonic solutions are found using modified Petviashvili's method. It is shown that they correspond to the lowest values of propagation constant in the power diagrams and relation between observed rotation and less confined discrete solitonic solutions are demonstrated.