title: Bloch cavity solitons in nonlinear resonators with intracavity photonic crystals.
abstract: We predict a novel type of cavity solitons, Bloch cavity solitons, existing in nonlinear resonators with the refractive index modulated in both longitudinal and transverse directions and for both focusing (at normal diffraction) and defocusing (at anomalous diffraction) nonlinearities. We develop a modified mean-field theory and analyze the properties of these novel cavity solitons demonstrating, in particular, their substantial narrowing in the zero-diffraction regime.
authors.affiliation: Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats, Departament de Física i Enginyeria Nuclear, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Colom 11, 08222 Terrassa, Spain.
authors.forename: Kestutis
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Staliunas
authors.forename: Oleg
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Egorov
authors.forename: Yuri S
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Kivshar
authors.forename: Falk
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lederer