title: Surface lattice solitons.
abstract: We study theoretically nonlinear surface waves in optical lattices and show that solitons can exist at the heterointerface between two different semi-infinite 1D waveguide arrays, as well as at the boundaries of a 2D nonlinear lattice. The existence and properties of these surface soliton solutions are investigated in detail.
authors.affiliation: College of Optics/CREOL, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816, USA.
authors.forename: Konstantinos G
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: Makris
authors.forename: Jared
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hudock
authors.forename: Demetrios N
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Christodoulides
authors.forename: George I
authors.initials: GI
authors.lastname: Stegeman
authors.forename: Ofer
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Manela
authors.forename: Mordechai
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Segev