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 …

Transport and Anderson localization in disordered two-dimensional photonic lattices

T Schwartz, G Bartal, S Fishman, M Segev - Nature, 2007 - nature.com
One of the most interesting phenomena in solid-state physics is Anderson localization,
which predicts that an electron may become immobile when placed in a disordered lattice …

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 …

Discrete breathers—advances in theory and applications

S Flach, AV Gorbach - Physics Reports, 2008 - Elsevier
Nonlinear classical Hamiltonian lattices exhibit generic solutions—discrete breathers. They
are time-periodic and (typically exponentially) localized in space. The lattices have discrete …

Spatiotemporal optical solitons

BA Malomed, D Mihalache, F Wise… - Journal of Optics B …, 2005 - iopscience.iop.org
In the course of the past several years, a new level of understanding has been achieved
about conditions for the existence, stability, and generation of spatiotemporal optical …

Optical spatial solitons: historical overview and recent advances

Z Chen, M Segev… - Reports on Progress in …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
Solitons, nonlinear self-trapped wavepackets, have been extensively studied in many and
diverse branches of physics such as optics, plasmas, condensed matter physics, fluid …

Unveiling a Truncated Optical Lattice Associated with a Triangular Aperture<? format?> Using Light's Orbital Angular Momentum

JM Hickmann, EJS Fonseca, WC Soares… - Physical review …, 2010 - APS
We show that the orbital angular momentum can be used to unveil lattice properties hidden
in diffraction patterns of a simple triangular aperture. Depending on the orbital angular …

Optical vortices and vortex solitons

AS Desyatnikov, YS Kivshar, L Torner - Progress in optics, 2005 - Elsevier
In physics, wave propagation is traditionally analyzed by means of regular solutions of wave
equations. However, solutions of wave equations in two and three dimensions often possess …

Observation of optical solitons in PT-symmetric lattices

M Wimmer, A Regensburger, MA Miri, C Bersch… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Controlling light transport in nonlinear active environments is a topic of considerable interest
in the field of optics. In such complex arrangements, of particular importance is to devise …