Frontiers in multidimensional self-trap** of nonlinear fields and matter

YV Kartashov, GE Astrakharchik, BA Malomed… - Nature Reviews …, 2019‏ - nature.com
Abstract 2D and 3D solitons and related states, such as quantum droplets, can appear in
optical systems, atomic Bose–Einstein condensates (BECs) and liquid crystals, among other …

Solitons in nonlinear lattices

YV Kartashov, BA Malomed, L Torner - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2011‏ - APS
This article offers a comprehensive survey of results obtained for solitons and complex
nonlinear wave patterns supported by nonlinear lattices (NLs), which represent a spatially …

Discrete solitons in optics

F Lederer, GI Stegeman, DN Christodoulides… - Physics Reports, 2008‏ - Elsevier
We provide an overview of recent experimental and theoretical developments in the area of
optical discrete solitons. By nature, discrete solitons represent self-trapped wavepackets in …

Optical wave turbulence: Towards a unified nonequilibrium thermodynamic formulation of statistical nonlinear optics

A Picozzi, J Garnier, T Hansson, P Suret, S Randoux… - Physics Reports, 2014‏ - Elsevier
The nonlinear propagation of coherent optical fields has been extensively explored in the
framework of nonlinear optics, while the linear propagation of incoherent fields has been …

Solitons in Nonlinear Media with an Infinite Range of Nonlocality: First Observation<? format?> of Coherent Elliptic Solitons and of Vortex-Ring Solitons

C Rotschild, O Cohen, O Manela, M Segev, T Carmon - Physical review letters, 2005‏ - APS
We present an experimental study on wave propagation in highly nonlocal optically
nonlinear media, for which far-away boundary conditions significantly affect the evolution of …

Interaction and co-assembly of optical and topological solitons

G Poy, AJ Hess, AJ Seracuse, M Paul, S Žumer… - Nature …, 2022‏ - nature.com
Solitons attract a great deal of interest in many fields, ranging from optics to fluid mechanics,
cosmology, particle physics and condensed matter. However, solitons of these very different …

Liquid-crystal photonic applications

J Beeckman, K Neyts, PJM Vanbrabant - Optical Engineering, 2011‏ - spiedigitallibrary.org
Liquid crystals are nowadays widely used in all types of display applications. However their
unique electro-optic properties also make them a suitable material for nondisplay …

Nonlinear refraction and absorption: mechanisms and magnitudes

DN Christodoulides, IC Khoo, GJ Salamo… - Advances in Optics …, 2010‏ - opg.optica.org
We provide an in-depth treatment of the various mechanisms by which an incident light
beam can produce an intensity-or flux-dependent change in the refractive index and …

Nematicons

M Peccianti, G Assanto - Physics Reports, 2012‏ - Elsevier
We review the recent developments of spatial optical solitons in nematic liquid crystals, also
known as Nematicons. We outline their properties, linked to a reorientational nonlinearity in …

Nonlinear optics of liquid crystalline materials

IC Khoo - Physics Reports, 2009‏ - Elsevier
Liquid crystals occupy an important niche in nonlinear optics as a result of their unique
physical and optical properties. Besides their broadband birefringence and transparency …