title: Nonlinear bouncing of nonlocal spatial solitons at the boundaries.
abstract: We investigate, both experimentally and theoretically, the interaction of (2D+1) spatial solitons with the boundaries of a nonlinear medium in the presence of nonlocality. We demonstrate power-dependent nonlinear repulsion at the boundaries, in quantitative agreement with the model predictions.
authors.affiliation: NooEL - Nonlinear Optics and OptoElectronics Laboratory, Department of Electronic Engineering and CNISM, University Roma Tre, Via della Vasca Navale, 84-00146 Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alberucci
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Peccianti
authors.forename: Gaetano
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Assanto