Observation of two-dimensional discrete solitons in optically induced nonlinear photonic lattices

Nature

Volumn 422, Issue 6928, 2003, Pages 147-150

  Fleischer, Jason W ^a,b   Segev, Mordechai ^a,b   Efremidis, Nikolaos K ^c   Christodoulides, Demetrios N ^c  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b Princeton University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDENSATION; MOLECULES; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; SOLITONS;

PHOTONIC LATTICE;

PHOTONS;

BIOLOGY; LATTICE DYNAMICS;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; OBSERVATION; OPTICAL DENSITY; OPTICS; PERIODICITY; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM; WAVEFORM;

EID: 0037434990     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01452     Document Type: Article

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