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 …

The recent proposal of optical induction for producing nonlinear photonic lattices has
revolutionized the study of nonlinear waves in waveguide arrays. In particular, it enabled the …

We present a progress overview focused on the recent theoretical and experimental
advances in the area of soliton manipulation in optical lattices. Optical lattices offer the …

We study wave propagation in a two-dimensional photonic lattice with focusing Kerr
nonlinearity, and report on the existence of various nonlinear localized structures in the form …

We show that the discrete diffraction properties of a nonlinear optical zigzag waveguide
array can be significantly modified, by exploiting the topological arrangement of the lattice …

We address the formation and propagation of multi-spot soliton packets in saturable Kerr
nonlinear media with an imprinted harmonic transverse modulation of the refractive index …

We study various families of two-dimensional discrete or lattice solitons, and show that they
are possible only when their power level exceeds a critical threshold. In addition, we show …

We demonstrate that optical discrete solitons are possible in appropriately oriented biased
photorefractive crystals. This can be accomplished in optically induced periodic waveguide …

We study spatial optical solitons in a one-dimensional nonlinear photonic crystal created by
an array of thin-film nonlinear waveguides, the so-called Dirac-comb nonlinear lattice. We …

We demonstrate that spatiotemporal discrete solitons are possible in nonlinear photonic
crystal structures. Analysis indicates that these states can propagate undistorted along a …