title: Discrete surface solitons.
abstract: It is theoretically shown that discrete nonlinear surface waves are possible in waveguide lattices. These self-trapped states are located at the edge of the array and can exist only above a certain power threshold. The excitation characteristics and stability properties of these surface waves are systematically investigated.
authors.affiliation: College of Optics and CREOL, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida 32816, USA. demetri@creol.ucf.edu
authors.forename: Konstantinos G
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: Makris
authors.forename: Sergiy
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Suntsov
authors.forename: Demetrios N
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Christodoulides
authors.forename: George I
authors.initials: GI
authors.lastname: Stegeman
authors.forename: Alain
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hache