Self-focusing and solitons in photorefractive media

Topics in Applied Physics

Volumn 114, Issue , 2009, Pages 547-572

  DelRe, E ^a   Segev, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 58049172907     PISSN: 03034216     EISSN: 14370859     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-34727-1_23     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (145)

1. M. Segev, G. Stegeman: Self-trapping of optical beams: Spatial solitons, Phys. Today 51, 42-48 (1998).
2. M. Segev: Optical spatial solitons, Opt. Quant. Electron. 30, 503-533 (1998).
3. G.I. Stegeman, M. Segev: Optical spatial solitons and their interactions: Universality and diversity, Science 286, 1518-1523 (1999).
4. See Chapter 4 by E. DelRe, B. Crosignani, P. Di Porto, and Chapter 5 by M. Segev, D.N. Christodoulides, in S. Trillo and W. Torruellas (Eds.), Spatial Solitons (Springer-Verlag,Berlin 2001).
5. G.I. Stegeman, D.N. Christodoulides, and M. Segev: Optical spatial solitons: historical perspectives, Millennium Issue of the IEEE J. Selected Topics Quant. Electron. 6, 1419-1427 (2000).
6. See Chapter 11 by E. DelRe, M. Segev, D.N. Christodoulides, B. Crosignani, and G. Salamo in P. Gunter and J.P. Huignard (Eds.), Photorefractive Materials and Their Applications (Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 2006).
7. P. Yeh, Introduction to photorefractive nonlinear optics (Wiley, New York, 1993).
8. L. Solymar, D. Webb, and A. Grunnet-Jepsen, The Physics and Applications of Photorefractive Materials, (Claredon Press, Oxford, 1996).
9. M. Segev, B. Crosignani, A. Yariv et al.: Spatial solitons in photorefractive media. Phys. Rev. Lett 68, 923-926 (1992).
10. B. Crosignani, M. Segev, D. Engin et al.: Self-trapping of optical beams in photorefractive media, J. Opt. Soc. Am B 10, 446-453 (1993).
11. G.C. Duree, J.L. Shultz, G.J. Salamo et al.: Observation of self-trapping of an optical beam due to the photorefractive effect, Phys. Rev. Lett 71, 533-536 (1993).
12. M. Segev, B. Crosignani, P. Diporto et al.: Stability of photorefractive spatial solitons. Opt. Lett. 19, 1296-1298 (1994).
13. G. Duree, G. Salamo, M. Segev et al.: Dimensionality and size of photorefractive spatial solitons, Opt. Lett. 19, 1195-1197 (1994).
14. D.N. Christodoulides. M.I. Carvalho: Compression, self-bending, and collapse of gaussian beams in photorefractive crystals, Opt. Lett. 19, 1714-1716 (1994).
15. M.D.I. Castillo, P.A.M. Aguilar, J.J. Sanchez-Mondragon et al.: Spatial solitons in photorefractive Bil2Tio20 with drift mechanism of nonlinearity, Appl. Phys. Lett. 64, 408-410(1994).
16. M. Segev, G.C. Valley, B. Crosignani et al.: Steady-state spatial screening solitons in photorefractive materials with external applied-field, Phys. Rev. Lett. 73, 3211-3214 (1994).
17. S.R. Singh, D.N. Christodoulides: Evolution of spatial optical solitons in biased photo-refractive media under steady-state conditions, Opt. Commun. 118, 569-576 (1995).
18. D.N. Christodoulides, M.I. Carvalho: Bright, dark, and gray spatial soliton states in photorefractive media, J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 12. 1628-1633 (1995).
19. M. Segev, M.F. Shih, G.C. Valley: Photorefractive screening solitons of high and low intensity, J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 13, 706-718 (1996).
20. M.F. Shih, M. Segev, G.C. Valley et al.: Observation of two-dimensional steady-state photorefractive screening solitons, Electron. Lett. 31, 826-827 (1995).
21. M.F. Shih, P. Leach, M. Segev et al.: Two-dimensional steady-state photorefractive screening solitons. Opt. Lett. 21, 324-326 (1996).
22. K. Kos, H.X. Meng, G. Salamo et al.: One-dimensional steady-state photorefractive screening solitons, Phys. Rev.E 53, R4330-R4333 (1996).
23. E. Del Re, A. Ciattoni, B. Crosignani, et al.: Approach to space-charge field description in photorefractive crystals, J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 15, 1469-1475 (1998).
24. M.I. Carvalho, S.R. Singh, D.N. Christodoulides: Self-deflection of steady-state bright spatial solitons in biased photorefractive crystals, Opt, Commun. 120, 311-315 (1995).
25. E. Del Re, A. Ciattoni, E. Palange: Role of charge saturation in photorefractive dynamics of micron-sized beams and departure from soliton behavior, Phys. Rev. E 73, 017601-1-017601-4(2006).
26. M. Segev, A.J. Agranat: Spatial solitons in centrosymmetric photorefractive media, Opt, Lett. 22, 1299-1301 (1997).
27. E. DelRe, B. Crosignani, M. Tamburrini et al.: One-dimensional steady-state photorefractive spatial solitons in centrosymmetric paraelectric potassium lithium tantalate niobate, Opt. Lett. 23, 421-423 (1998).
28. E. DelRe, A. D'Ercole, A.J. Agranat: Emergence of linear wave segments and predictable traits in saturated nonlinear media, Opt. Lett. 28, 260-262 (2003).
29. Z. Chen, M. Mitchell, M.F. Shih et al.: Steady-state dark photorefractive screening solitons, Opt. Lett. 21. 629-631 (1996).
30. S. Lan, M.F. Shih, M. Segev: Self-trapping of one-dimensional and two-dimensional optical beams and induced waveguides in photorefractive KNb03, Opt. Lett. 22, 1467-1469(1997).
31. M. Chauvet, S.A. Hawkins. G.J. Salamo et al.: Self-trapping of two-dimensional optical beams and light-induced waveguiding in photorefractive InP at telecommunication wavelengths, Appl. Phys. Lett. 70, 2499-2501 (1997).
32. E. DelRe, M. Tamburrini, M. Segev et al.: Two-dimensional photorefractive spatial solitons in centrosymmetric paraelectric potassium-lithium-lantalate- niobate, Appl. Phys. Lett. 73, 16-18 (1998).
33. E. Fazio, W. Ramadan, A. Belardini et al.: (2 + l)-dimensional soliton formation in photorefractive Bil2SiO20 crystals, Phys. Rev. E 67, 026611 (2003).
34. W.L. She, K.K. Lee, W.K. Lee: Observation of two-dimensional bright photovoltaic spatial solitons, Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 3182-3185 (1999).
35. T. Carmon, R. Uzdin, C. Pigier et al.: Rotating propeller solitons, Phys. Rev. Lett, 87, 143901 (2001).
36. W. Krolikowski, E.A. Ostrovskaya, C. Weilnau et al.: Observation of dipole-mode vector solitons, Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 1424-1427 (2000).
37. T. Carmon, C. Anastassiou, S. Lan et al.: Observation of two-dimensional multimode solitons, Opt. Lett. 25, 1113-1115 (2000).
38. M. Mitchell, Z.G. Chen, M.F. Shih et al.: Self-trapping of partially spatially incoherent light, Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 490-493 (1996).
39. M. Mitchell, M. Segev: Self-trapping of incoherent white light, Nature 387, 880-883 (1997).
40. G. Duree, M. Morin, G. Salamo et al.: Dark photorefractive spatial solitons and photorefractive vortex solitons, Phys. Rev. Lett. 74, 1978-1981 (1995).
41. Z. Chen, M.F. Shih, M. Segev et al.: Steady-state vortex-screening solitons formed in biased photorefractive media, Opt. Lett. 22, 1751-1753 (1997).
42. Z. Chen, M. Segev, D.W. Wilson et al.: Self-trapping of an optical vortex by use of the bulk photovoltaic effect, Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 2948-2951 (1997).
43. Z. Chen, M. Mitchell, M. Segev et al.: Self-trapping of dark incoherent light beams, Science 280, 889-892 (1998).
44. A.A. Zozulya. D.Z. Anderson, A.V. Mamaev et al.: Self-focusing and soliton formation in media with anisotropic nonlocal material response, Europhys. Lett. 36, 419-424 (1996).
45. B. Crosignani, P. DiPorto, A. Degasperis et al.: Three-dimensional optical beam propagation and solitons in photorefractive crystals, J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 14, 3078-3090 (1997).
46. S. Gatz, I. Herrmann: Anisotropy, nonlocality, and space-charge field displacement in (2 + 1 )-dimensional self-trapping in biased photorefractive crystals, Opt. Lett. 23, 1176-1178 (1998).
47. M.R. Belic, D. Vujic, A. Stepken et al.: Isotropic versus anisotropic modeling of photorefractive solitons, Phys. Rev. E 65, 066610 (2002).
48. G.F. Calvo, F. Agullo-Lopez, M. Carrascosa, et al: Two-dimensional soliton-induced refractive index change in photorefractive crystals, Opt. Commun. 227, 193-202 (2003).
49. E. DelRe, A. Ciattoni, A.J. Agranat: Anisotropic charge displacement supporting isolated photorefractive optical needles, Opt. Lett. 26, 908-910 (2001).
50. E. DelRe, G. De Masi, A. Ciattoni et al.: Pairing space-charge field conditions with self-guiding for the attainment of circular symmetry in photorefractive solitons, Appl. Phys. Lett. 85, 5499-5501 (2004).
51. C. Dari-Salisburgo, E. DelRe, E. Palange Molding and stretched evolution of optical solitons in cumulative nonlinearities Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 263903 (2003).
52. C. Denz, W. Krolikowski, J. Petter et al.: Dynamics of formation and interaction of photorefractive screening solitons, Phys. Rev. E60, 6222-6225 (1999).
53. G.M. Tosi-Beleffi, M. Presi. E. DelRe et al.: Stable oscillating nonlinear beams in square-wave-biased photorefractives. Opt. Lett. 25, 1538-1540 (2000).
54. G.M. Tosi-Beleffi, F. Curti, D. Boschi et al.: Soliton-based Y-branch in photorefractive crystals induced through dispersion-shifted optical fiber, Opt. Lett. 28, 1561-1563 (2003).
55. C.A. Fuentes-Hernandez, A.V. Khomenko: Beam collapse and polarization self-modulation in an optically active photorefractive crystal in an alternating electric field, Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 1143-1146(1999).
56. M.N. Frolova, S.M. Shandarov, M.V. Borodin: Self-action of a light beam in a photorefractive crystal in an alternating electric field upon synchronous intensity modulation, Quantum. Electron. 32, 45-48 (2002).
57. D. Wolfersberger, N. Fressengeas, J. Maufoy et al: Self-focusing of a single laser pulse in a photorefractive medium, Phys. Rev. E 62, 8700-8704 (2000).
58. D. Wolfersberger, F. Lhomme, N. Fressengeas et al: Simulation of the temporal behavior of one single laser pulse in a photorefractive medium, Opt. Commun. 222, 383-391 (2003).
59. E. DelRe, E. Palange: Optical nonlinearity and existence conditions for quasi-steady-state photorefractive solitons, J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 23, 2323-2327 (2006).
60. N. Fressengeas, J. Maufoy, G. Kugel: Temporal behavior of bidimensional photorefractive bright spatial solitons, Phys. Rev. E 54, 6866-6875 (1996).
61. N. Fressengeas, J. Maufoy, D. Wolfersberger et al: Experimental transient self-focusing in Bil2TiO20 crystal, Ferroelectrics 202, 193-202 (1997).
62. N. Fressengeas, D. Wolfersberger, J. Maufoy et al.: Build-up mechanisms of (1 + 1)-dimensional photorefractive bright spatial quasi-steady-state and screening solitons, Opt. Commun 145, 393-400 (1998).
63. N. Fressengeas, D. Wolfersberger, J. Maufoy et al.: Experimental study of the self-focusing process temporal behavior in photorefractive Bil2TiO20. J. Appl. Phys 85, 2062-2067(1999).
64. D. Wolfersberger, N. Fressengeas, I. Maufoy et al.: Experimental study of the behaviour of narrow nanosecond laser pulses in biased photorefractive Bil2TiO20, Ferroelectrics 223, 381-388 (1999).
65. J. Maufoy, N. Fressengeas, D. Wolfersberger et al.: Simulation of the temporal behavior of soliton propagation in photorefractive media, Phys. Rev. E 59, 6116-6121 (1999).
66. G.C. Valley, M. Segev, B. Crosignani et al: Dark and bright photovoltaic spatial solitons, Phys. Rev. A 50, R4457-R4460 (1994).
67. M. Taya, M.C. Bashaw, M.M. Fejer et al: Observation of dark photovoltaic spatial solitons. Phys. Rev. A 52, 3095-3100 (1995).
68. M. Segev, G.C. Valley, M.C. Bashaw et al.: Photovoltaic spatial solitons, J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 14, 1772-1781 (1997).
69. B. Crosignani, E. DelRe, P. Di Porto et al.: Self-focusing and self-trapping in unbiased centrosymmetric photorefractive media, Opt. Lett. 23, 912-914 (1998).
70. B. Crosignani, A. Degasperis, E. DelRe et al: Nonlinear optical diffraction effects and solitons due to anisotropic charge-diffusion-based self-interaction, Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 1664-1667(1999).
71. M. Chauvet, S.A. Hawkins, G.J. Salamo et al.: Self-trapping of planar optical beams by use of the photorefractive effect in lnP:Fe, Opt. Lett. 21, 1333-1335 (1996).
72. T. Schwartz, Y. Ganor, T. Carmon et al.: Photorefractive solitons and light-induced resonance control in semiconductor CdZnTe, Opt. Lett. 27. 1229-1231 (2002).
73. E. DelRe, M. Tamburrini, M. Segev et al: Spontaneous self-trapping of optical beams in metastable paraelectric crystals, Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 1954-1957 (1999).
74. M.F. Shih, F.W. Sheu: Photorefractive polymeric optical spatial solitons, Opt. Lett. 24, 1853-1855 (1999).
75. E. DelRe, M. Tamburrini, G. Egidi: Bright photorefractive spatial solitons in tilted BaTi03, presented at the Eleventh Annual Meeting of the [IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society] (LEOS 98), Orlando, Fla., 3-4 December 1998.
76. J. Andrade-Lucio, M. Iturbe-Castillo, P. Marquez-Aguilar et al.: Self-focusing in photorefractive BaTi03 crystal under external DC electric field, Opt. Quantum Electron. 30, 829-834(1998).
77. Z.G. Chen, M. Asaro, O. Ostroverkhova, et al.: Self-trapping of light in an organic photorefractive glass, Opt. Lett. 28, 2509-2511 (2003).
78. M. Chauvet, A. Guo, G. Fu and G. Salamo, Electrically switched photoinduced wave-guide in unpoled strontium barium niobate, J. Appl. Phys. 99, 113107-1-113107-5 (2006).
79. M.D. Castillo, J.J. Sanchezmondragon, S.I. Stepanov et al.: Probe beam wave-guiding induced by spatial dark solitons in photorefractive Bil2Ti02 crystal, Rev. Mex. Fis 41, 1-10(1995).
80. M.F. Shih, Z.G. Chen, M. Segev et al. Incoherent collisions between one-dimensional steady-state photorefractive screening solitons, Appl, Phys. Lett. 69, 4151-4153 (1996).
81. M.F. Shih, M. Segev: Incoherent collisions between two-dimensional bright steady-state photorefractive spatial screening solitons. Opt. Lett. 21, 1538-1540 (1996).
82. W. Krolikowski, S.A. Holmstrom: Fusion and birth of spatial solitons upon collision, Opt. Lett, 22, 369-371 (1997).
83. W. Krolikowski, B. Luther-Davies, C. Denz et al.: Annihilation of photorefractive solitons, Opt. Lett. 23, 97-99 (1998).
84. H.X. Meng, G. Salamo, M.F. Shih et al: Coherent collisions of photorefractive solitons, Opt. Lett. 22, 448-450 (1997).
85. A.V. Mamaev, M. Saffman, A.A. Zozulya: Phase-dependent collisions of (2 + 1)-dimensional spatial solitons, J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 15, 2079-2082 (1998).
86. M.F. Shih, M. Segev, G. Salamo: Three-dimensional spiraling of interacting spatial solitons, Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 2551-2554 (1997).
87. A.V. Buryak, Y.S. Kivshar, M.F. Shih et al.: Induced coherence and stable soliton spiraling, Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 81-84 (1999).
88. E. DelRe, S. Trillo, A.J. Agranat: Collisions and inhomogeneous forces between solitons of different dimensionality, Opt. Lett. 25, 560-562 (2000).
89. E. DelRe, A. Ciattoni, B. Crosignani et al.: Nonlinear optical propagation phenomena in near-transition centrosymmetric photorefractive crystals, J. Nonlinear. Opt. Phys. 8, 1-20 (1999).
90. D. Kip, C. Herden, M. Wesner: All-optical signal routing using interaction of mutually incoherent spatial solitons, Ferroelectrics 274, 135-142 (2002).
91. C. Rotschild, O. Cohen, O. Manela et al.: Interactions between spatial screening solitons propagating in opposite directions, J. Opt. Soc. Am. B21, 1354-1357 (2004).
92. D.N. Christodoulides, S.R. Singh, M.I. Carvalho et al: Incoherently coupled soliton pairs in biased photorefractive crystals, Appl. Phys. Left. 68, 1763-1765 (1996).
93. Z.G. Chen, M. Segev, T.H. Coskun et al.: Observation of incoherently coupled photorefractive spatial soliton pairs, Opt. Lett. 21, 1436-1438 (1996).
94. Z. Chen, M. Segev, T. Coskun et al.: Coupled photorefractive spatial soliton pairs, J. Opt. Soc. Am, B 14, 3066-3077 (1997).
95. Z. Chen, M. Segev, T. Coskun et al.: Observation of incoherently coupled dark-bright photorefractive spatial soliton pairs, Opt. Lett. 21, 1821 (1996).
96. M. Mitchell, M. Segev D.N. Christodoulides: Observation of multi-hump multi-mode solitons, Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 4657-4660 (1998).
97. C. Anastassiou, M. Segev, K. Steiglitz et al: Energy-exchange interactions between colliding vector solitons, Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 2332-2335 (1999).
98. C. Anastassiou, J.W. Fleischer, T. Carmon et al.: Information transfer through cascaded collisions of vector solitons, Opt. Lett. 26, 1498 (2001).
99. W. Krolikowski, N. Akhmediev, B. Luther-Davies: Collision-induced shape transformations of partially coherent solitons, Phys. Rev. E 59, 4654-4658 (1999).
100. D.N. Christodoulides, T.H. Coskun, M. Mitchell et al.: Theory of incoherent self-focusing in biased photorefractive media, Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 646-649 (1997).
101. M. Mitchell, M. Segev, T.H. Coskun et al.: Theory of self-trapped spatially incoherent light beams, Phys. Rev. Lett. 79, 4990-4993 (1997).
102. D.N. Christodoulides, T. Coskun, M. Mitchell et al.: Theory of dark incoherent solitons, Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 5113-5116 (1998).
103. V.V. Shkunov, D.Z. Anderson: Radiation transfer model of self-trapping spatially incoherent radiation by nonlinear media, Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 2683-2686 (1998).
104. T.H. Coskun, D.N. Christodoulides, Y.R. Kim et al.: Bright spatial solitons on a partially incoherent background, Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 2374-2377 (2000).
105. E.D. Eugenieva, D.N. Christodoulides, M. Segev: Elliptic incoherent solitons in saturable nonlinear media, Opt. Lett. 25, 972-974 (2000).
106. O. Katz, T. Carmon, T. Schwartz et al.: Observation of elliptic incoherent spatial solitons, Opt. Lett. 29, 1248-1250 (2004).
107. T.H. Coskun, A.G. Grandpierre, D.N. Christodoulides et al: Coherence enhancement of spatially incoherent light beams through soliton interactions, Opt. Lett. 25,826-828 (2000).
108. T.H. Coskun, D.N. Christodoulides, M. Mitchell et al.: Dynamics of incoherent bright and dark self-trapped beams and their coherence properties in photorefractive crystals, Opt. Lett. 23, 418-420 (1998).
109. M. Soljacic, M. Segev, T. Coskun et al.: Modulation instability of incoherent beams in noninstantaneous nonlinear media, Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 467-470 (2000).
110. D. Kip, M. Soljacic, M. Segev et al.: Modulation instability and pattern formation in spatially incoherent light beams, Science 290, 495 (2000).
111. C. Anastassiou, M. Soljacic, M. Segev et al.: Eliminating the transverse instabilities of Kerr solitons, Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 4888-4891 (2000).
112. C.C, Jeng, M. Shih, K. Motzek et al.: Partially incoherent optical vortices in self-focusing nonlinear media, Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 043904 (2004).
113. H. Buljan, M. Segev, M. Soljacic et al.: White light solitons, Opt. Lett. 28, 1239-1241 (2003).
114. H. Buljan, A. Siber, M. Soljacic et al.: White light solitons in logarithmically saturable nonlinear media, Phys. Rev. E 68, 036607 (2003).
115. H. Buljan, A. Siber, M. Soljacic et al: Propagation of incoherent "white" light and modulation instability in non-instantaneous nonlinear media, Phys. Rev. E 66, R35601 (2002).
116. T. Schwartz, T. Carmon, H. Buljan et al.: Spontaneous pattern formation with incoherent "white" light, Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 223901-1-223901-4 (2004).
117. M. Morin. G. Duree, G. Salamo et al.: Wave-guides formed by quasi-steady-state photorefractive spatial solitons, Opt. Lett. 20, 2066-2068 (1995).
118. M.F. Shih, M. Segev, G. Salamo: Circular waveguides induced by two-dimensional bright steady-state photorefractive spatial screening solitons, Opt. Lett. 21, 931-933 (1996).
119. M. Taya, M.C. Bashaw, M.M. Fejer et al.: Y-junctions arising from dark-soliton propagation in photovoltaic media, Opt. Lett. 21, 943-945 (1996).
120. Z.G. Chen, M. Mitchell, M. Segev: Steady-state photorefractive soliton-induced Y-junction waveguides and high-order dark spatial solitons. Opt. Lett. 21,716-718 (1996).
121. J. Fetter, C. Denz: Guiding and dividing waves with photorefractive solitons, Opt. Commun. 188, 55-61 (2001).
122. M. Wesner, C. Herden, D. Kip et al: Photorefractive steady state solitons up to telecommunication wavelengths in planar SBN waveguides, Opt. Commun. 188, 69-76 (2001).
123. S. Lan, E. DelRe, Z.G. Chen et al.: Directional coupler with soliton-induced waveguides, Opt. Lett. 24, 475-477 (1999).
124. S. Lan, M.F. Shih. G. Mizell et al.: Second-harmonic generation in waveguides induced by photorefractive spatial solitons, Opt. Lett. 24, 1145-1147 (1999).
125. C. Lou, J. Xu, H. Qiao et al. Enhanced second-harmonic generation by means of high-power confinement in a photovoltaic soliton-induced waveguide, Opt. Lett. 29, 953-955 (2004).
126. J.R. Salgueiro, A.H. Carlsson, E. Ostrovskaya et al.: Second-harmonic generation in vortex-induced waveguides. Opt. Lett. 29, 593-595 (2004).
127. E. DelRe. M. Tamburrini, A.J. Agranat: Soliton electro-optic effects in paraelectrics. Opt. Lett. 25, 963-965 (2000).
128. D. Kip, C. Anastassiou, E. Eugenieva et al.: Transmission of images through highly nonlinear media by gradient-index lenses formed by incoherent solitons, Opt. Lett. 26, 524-526 (2001).
129. A. Guo, M. Henry, G.J. Salamo et al: Fixing multiple waveguides induced by photo-refractive solitons: directional couplers and beam splitters, Opt. Lett. 26, 1274-1276 (2001).
130. E. DelRe, B. Crosignani, P. Di Porto et al.: Electro-optic beam manipulation through photorefractive needles, Opt. Lett. 27, 2188-2190 (2002).
131. S. Lan, J.A. Giordmaine, M. Segev et al.: Optical parametric oscillation in soliton-induced waveguides, Opt. Lett. 27, 737-739 (2002).
132. E. DelRe, E. Palange, A. J. Agranat: Fiber-launched ultratight photorefractive solitons integrating fast soliton-based beam manipulation circuitry, J. Appl. Phys. 95, 3822-3824 (2004).
133. A. D'Ercole, E. Palange, E. DelRe et al.: Miniaturization and embedding of soliton-based electro-optically addressable photonic arrays, Appl. Phys. Lett. 85, 2679-2681 (2004).
134. M. Asaro, M. Sheldon, Z. Chen et al.: Soliton-induced waveguides in an organic photorefractive glass, Opt. Lett. 30. 519-521 (2005).
135. E. DelRe, A. D'Ercole, E. Palange et al.: Observation of soliton ridge states for the self-imprinting of fiber-slab couplers, Appl. Phys. Lett. 86. 191110-1-191110-3 (2005).
136. N.K. Efremidis, S. Sears, D.N. Christodoulides et al.: Discrete solitons in photorefractive optically induced photonic lattices, Phys. Rev. E 66, 046602 (2002).
137. J.W. Fleischer, T. Carmon, M. Segev et al.: Observation of discrete solitons in optically induced real time waveguide arrays, Phys. Rev. Lett., 90, 023902 (2003).
138. J.W. Fleischer, M. Segev, N.K. Efremidis et al.: Observation of two-dimensional discrete solitons in optically induced nonlinear photonic lattices, Nature 422, 147-150 (2003).
139. J.W. Fleischer, G. Bartal, O. Cohen et al.: Observation of vortex-ring "discrete" solitons in 2D photonic lattices, Phys. Rev. Lett., 92, 123904 (2004).
140. D.N. Neshev, T.J. Alexander, E.A. Ostrovskaya et al.: Observation of discrete vortex solitons in optically induced photonic lattices, Phys. Rev. Lett., 92, 123903 (2004).
141. O. Cohen, G. Bartal, H. Buljan et al: Observation of random-phase lattice solitons. Nature 433, 500-503 (2005).
142. B. Freedman, G. Bartal, M. Segev et al.: Wave and defect dynamics in nonlinear photonic quasicrystals. Nature 440, 1166-1169 (2006).
143. G. Bartal, O. Cohen, H. Buljan et al: Brillouin-zone spectroscopy of nonlinear photonic lattices, Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 163902 (2005).
144. H. Trompeter, W. Krolikowski, D.N. Neshev et al.: Bloch oscillations and Zener tunneling in two-dimensional photonic lattices, Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 053903 (2006).
145. H. Martin, E.D. Eugenieva, Z. Chen et al.: Discrete solitons and soliton-induced dislocations in partially coherent photonic lattices, Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 123902 (2004).