title: Soliton dynamics and interactions in dynamically photoinduced lattices.
abstract: The dynamics of a spatial soliton pulse and interactions under the presence of a linear periodic wave (PW), which dynamically induces a photonic lattice, is investigated. It is shown that appropriate selections of the characteristic parameters of the PW result in different soliton propagation and interaction scenarios, suggesting a reconfigurable soliton control mechanism. The quasiparticle perturbation method is utilized for providing a dynamical system, governing the soliton parameters evolution, for single- and two-soliton propagation under generic conditions for the PW. Results of the perturbation method are shown in good agreement with direct numerical simulations.
authors.affiliation: School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Zographou 15773, Greece.
authors.forename: Ilias
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Tsopelas
authors.forename: Yannis
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kominis
authors.forename: Kyriakos
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hizanidis