Title :
Nonlinear waves and solitons in photonic lattices
Author :
Segev, Mordechai ; Christodoulides, Demetri N.
Author_Institution :
Phys. Dept., Technion - Israel Inst. of Technol., Haifa
Abstract :
The recent progress on waves in nonlinear photonic lattices will be reviewed, with an emphasis on universal ideas that apply to all nonlinear periodic systems in which waves propagate.
Keywords :
optical lattices; optical solitons; time-varying systems; nonlinear periodic systems; nonlinear waves; photonic lattices; solitons; wave propagation; Biomedical optical imaging; Diffraction; Lattices; Nonlinear optics; Optical propagation; Optical solitons; Optical vortices; Optical waveguides; Physics; Solid state circuits; (190.4420) Nonlinear optics, transverse effects in; (190.5530) Pulse propagation and solitons; (999.9999) Photonic crystals;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4629111
