title: Random-phase solitons in nonlinear periodic lattices.
abstract: We predict the existence of random phase solitons in nonlinear periodic lattices. These solitons exist when the nonlinear response time is much longer than the characteristic time of random phase fluctuations. The intensity profiles, power spectra, and statistical (coherence) properties of these stationary waves conform to the periodicity of the lattice. The general phenomenon of such solitons is analyzed in the context of nonlinear photonic lattices.
authors.affiliation: Physics Department, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000, Israel.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Buljan
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Fleischer
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Schwartz
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Segev
authors.forename: Z H
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authors.lastname: Musslimani
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authors.lastname: Efremidis
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authors.lastname: Christodoulides