title: Two-dimensional cnoidal waves in Kerr-type saturable nonlinear media.
abstract: We report theoretically the existence, classification, and basic properties of families of stationary two-dimensional cnoidal-type waves in bulk Kerr-type saturable nonlinear media. The families of two-dimensional cnoidal-type wave solutions are shown to exhibit richer features than their known one-dimensional counterparts. At low- and high-energy flows, the cnoidal patterns are predicted to be robust enough to be observable experimentally.
authors.affiliation: ICFO-Institute de Ciencies Fotoniques and Department of Signal Theory and Communications, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, 08034 Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Yaroslav V
authors.initials: YV
authors.lastname: Kartashov
authors.forename: Victor A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Vysloukh
authors.forename: Lluis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Torner