Title :
Nonlocal surface-wave solitons
Author :
Alfassi, Barak ; Rotschild, Carmel ; Manela, Ofer ; Segev, Mordechai ; Christodoulides, Demetrios N.
Author_Institution :
Physics Department and Solid State Institute, Technion, Haifa 32000, Israel
Abstract :
We demonstrate, experimentally and theoretically, surface-wave solitons occurring at the interface between a dielectric medium (air) and a nonlinear material with high range of nonlocality.
Keywords :
Geometrical optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical materials; Optical refraction; Optical solitons; Optical surface waves; Optical variables control; Photorefractive materials; Surface waves; Temperature;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2007. QELS '07
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2007.4431578
