Publications from our group (since 2002)
(Asterisk indicates SFSU student co-authors)
2007
A. Szameit, X. Wang, K. G. Makris, Y. V. Kartashov, T. Pertsch, S. Nolte, Lam Bui, A. Tünnermann, A. Bezryadina, Z. Chen, D. N. Christodoulides, L. Torner, and G. I. Stegeman, “Two-Dimensional Surface Lattice Solitons”, Optics and Photonics News, Vol. 18 Issue 12, pp.42-42 (2007).  [Download PDF]
S. Suntsov, K. G. Makris, G. A. Siviloglou, R. Iwanow, R. Schiek, D.N. Christodoulides, G.I. Stegeman, R. Morandotti, H. Yang, G. Salamo, M. Volatier, V. Aimez, R. Arčs, M. Sorel, Y. Min, W. Sohler, X. Wang, A. Bezryadina  and Z. Chen, “Observation of One-and Two-Dimensional Discrete Surface Spatial Solitons”, Invited review paper, to appear in J. Nonlinear Opt. Phys. & Mats.  [Download PDF]
X. Wang, Z. Chen, J. Wang, and J. Yang, “Observation of in-band lattice Solitons,” Phys. Rev. Lett., 99, 243901 (2007).   [Download PDF]
L. Tang, C. Lou, X. Wang, D. Song, X. Chen, J. Xu, Z. Chen, H. Susanto, K. Law, and P. G. Kevrekidis “Observation of dipole-like gap solitons in self-defocusing waveguide lattices” Optics Letters, Vol. 32, Issue 20, pp. 3011-3013(2007)  [Download PDF]
C. Lou, X. Wang, J. Xu, Z. Chen, and J. Yang, “Nonlinear Spectrum Reshaping and Gap-Soliton-Train Trapping in Optically Induced Photonic Structures,” Phys. Rev. Lett, 98, 213903 (2007). [Download PDF]
X. Wang, A.Bezryadina and Z. Chen, K G. Makris, D. N. Christodoulides, and G. I. Stegeman, “Observation of two-dimensional surface solitons,” Phys. Rev. Lett., 98, 123903 (2007).  [Download PDF]
J. Wang, J. Yang, Z. Chen, "Two-Dimensional Defect Modes in Optically Induced Photonic Lattices" Phys. Rev. A 76, 013828 (2007).  [Download PDF]
Z. Chen, J. Yang, "Nonlinear Optics and Applications, Optically-Induced Reconfigurable Photonic Lattices for Linear and Nonlinear Control of Light", (2007).  [Download PDF]
2006
X. Wang,
Z. Chen
, and P. G. Kevrekidis, "Observation of discrete solitons and soliton rotation in periodic ring lattices", Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 083904 (2006).  [Download PDF]
J. Yang, and
Z. Chen
, "Defect solitons in optically-induced photonic lattices", Phys. Rev. E 73, 026609 (2006).  [Download PDF]
C. Lou, J. Xu, L. Tang,
Z. Chen
, and P. G. Kevrekidis, "Symmetric and anti-symmetric solitons in two-dimensional lattices", Opt. Lett. 31, 492(2006).  [Download PDF]
X. Wang,
Z. Chen
, and J. Yang, "Guiding light in optically induced ring lattices with a low-refractive-index core", Opt. lett. 31, 1887(2006).  [Download PDF] (Published also in June 19, 2006 issue of Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology.)
I. Makasyuk,
Z. Chen
, and J. Yang, “Bandgap guidance in optically-induced photonic lattices with a negative defect”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 223903 (2006).  [Download PDF] (Published also in June 19, 2006 issue of Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology.)
A. Bezryadina*, E. Evgenieva and
Z. Chen
, “Self-trapping and flipping of doubly-charged vortices in optically-induced lattices”, Opt. Lett. 31, 2456 (2006).  [Download PDF]
X. Wang, J. Young*,
Z. Chen
and J. Yang, “Observation of lower to higher bandgap transition of one-dimensional defect modes”, Opt. Express 14, 7362 (2006).  [Download PDF]
A. Bezryadina*, D. Neshev, A. Desyatnikov, J. Young*,
Z. Chen
, and Y. Kivshar, “Observation of angular momentum transfer and charge flipping due to nonlinear vortex-lattice interaction”, Opt. Express 14, 8317(2006).  [Download PDF]
X. Wang, I. Makasyuk,
Z. Chen
and J. Yang, “Guiding light in optically induced PCF-like structures”, December Special Issue Optics & Photonics News (2006).  [Download PDF]
T. Kapitula, P.G. Kevrekidis,
Z. Chen
, “Three is a crowd: Solitary waves in photorefractive media with three potential wells”, SIAM Journal in Applied Dynamical Systems to appear in (2006).
P. G. Kevrekidis, H. Susanto, and Z. Chen, “High-Order-Mode Soliton Structures in Two-Dimensional Lattices with Defocusing Nonlinearity”, Phys. Rev. E, 74, 066606 (2006).  [Download PDF]
P. Zhang, J. Zhao, C. Lou, X. Tan, Y. Gao, Q. Liu, D. Yang, J. Xu and Z. Chen, “Elliptical solitons in nonconventionally biased photorefractive crystals”, Opt. Express, 15, 536 (2006). [Download PDF]
2005
M. Asaro*, M. Sheldon*,
Z. Chen
, O. Ostroverkhova and W. E. Moerner, "Soliton-induced waveguides in a photorefractive organic glass", Opt. Lett. 30, 519 (2005).  [Download PDF]
Z. Chen
, H. Martin*, E. D. Eugenieva, J. Xu, J. Yang, and D. N. Christodoulides, "Formation of discrete solitons in light-induced photonic lattices", focus issue in Opt. Express. 13, 1816 (2005).  [Download PDF]
Z. Chen
, H. Martin*, A. Bezryadina*, D.N. Neshev, Y.S. Kivshar, D. N. Christodoulides, "Experiments on Gaussian beams and vortices in optically-induced photonic lattices", special issue in J. Opt. Soc. Am. B, accepted (2005).  [Download PDF]
J. Yang. I. Makasyuk, H. Martin*, P.G. Kevrekidis, B.A. Malomed, D.J. Frantzeskakis, and
Z. Chen
, "Necklace-like solitons in optically induced photonic lattices", Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 113902 (2005).  [Download PDF]
Z. Chen
, J. Xu, C. Lou, "Novel Discrete Solitons in Light-induced Photonic Lattices", Physics (Wuli), 34, 12 (2005). (invited review article, in Chinese).  [Download PDF]
Francesco Fedele, Jianke Yang,
Z. Chen
, "Defect Modes in One-dimensional Photonic Lattices", Opt. Lett. 30, 1506 (2005).  [Download PDF]
P. G. Kevrekidis,
Z. Chen
, B.A. Malomed, D.J. Frantzeskakis, and M.I. Weinstein. "Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking in Photonic Lattices: Theory and Experiment". Phys. Lett. A, accepted (2005).  [Download PDF]
Francesco Fedele, Jianke Yang,
Z. Chen
, "Properties of Defect Modes in One-dimensional Optically-induced Photonic Lattices", focus issue in Stud. Appl. Math. accepted (2005).  [Download PDF]
2004
H. Martin*, E. D. Eugenieva ,
Z. Chen
, and D. N. Christodoulides, "Discrete solitons and soliton-induced dislocations in partially coherent photonic lattices", Phys. Rev. Lett, 92, 123902 (2004).  [Download PDF]
D. Neshev, Y. S. Kivshar, H. Martin*, and
Z. Chen
, "Soliton stripes in two-dimensional nonlinear photonic lattices", Opt. Lett. 29, 486, (2004).  [Download PDF]
Z. Chen
, H. Martin*, E. D. Eugenieva, J. Xu and A. Bezryadina*, "Anisoptrophic enhancement of discrete diffraction and discrete soliton trains in partially coherent photonic lattices", Phys. Rev. Lett, 92, 143902 (2004).  [Download PDF]
D.N. Neshev, T.J. Alexander, E.A. Ostrovskaya, and Y.S. Kivshar, H. Martin*, I. Makasyuk and
Z. Chen
, "Observation of discrete vortex solitons in optically-induced photonic lattices", Phys. Rev. Lett, 92, 123903 (2004).  [Download PDF]
C. Lou, J. Xu, H. Qiao, X. Zhang, Y. Chen and
Z. Chen
, "Enhanced second-harmonic generation by means of high-power confinement in a photovoltaic soliton-induced waveguide", Opt. Lett, 29, 953, (2004).  [Download PDF]
P.G. Kevrekidis, B. A. Malomed,
Z. Chen
, and D.J. Frantzeskakis, "Stable higher charge vortices in the discrete nonlinear Schrodinger equation", submitted to Phys. Rev. E. 70, 056612 (2004).  [Download PDF]
Z. Chen
, J. Yang, A. Bezryadina, and I. Makasyuk, "Observation of two-dimensional lattice vector solitons", Opt. Lett. 29, 1656 (2004).  [Download PDF]
J. Yang, A. Bezryadina*, I. Makasyuk, and
Z. Chen
, "Dipole solitons in two-dimensional optically-induced photonic lattices", Opt. Lett. 29, 1662 (2004).  [Download PDF]
J. Yang, A. Bezryadina*, I. Makasyuk, and
Z. Chen
, "Dipole and quadrupole solitons in optically-induced two-dimensional photonic lattices: theory and experiment", Stud. Appl. Math. 113, 389 (2004).  [Download PDF]
J. W. Fleischer, D.N. Neshev, G. Bartal, Tristram J. Alexander, Oren Cohen, E. A. Ostrovskaya, Ofer Manela, H. Martin*, Jared Hudock, Igor Makasyuk,
Z. Chen
, D. N. Christodoulides , Yuri S. Kivshar, and M. Segev, "Observation of discrete vortex solitons in 2D photonic lattices", Opt. & Photonic News, 15, 30 (2004) (December special issue, "Optics in 2004").  [Download PDF]
2003
Z. Chen
and H. Martin*, "Waveguides and waveguide arrays formed by incoherent light in photorefractive materials", Optical Materials, 23, 235 (2003).  [Download PDF]
Z. Chen
, M. Segev, and D.N. Christodoulides, “Experiments on partially coherent photorefractive solitons”, in a special issue of Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics, 5, S389, 2003 (invited review article).  [Download PDF]
Z. Chen
, M. Asaro*, O. Ostroverkhova, W. E. Moerner, M. He and R. J. Twieg, "Self-trapping of light in a photorefractive organic glass", Opt. Lett. 28, 2509, (2003).  [Download PDF]
2002
Z. Chen
, S. Sears, H. Martin*, M. Segev and D. N. Christodoulides, “Clustering of solitons in weakly-correlated wavefronts”, the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, (PNAS), 99, 5223 (2002)  [Download PDF]
Z. Chen
, J. Klinger* and D. N. Christodoulides, “Induced modulation instability of incoherent light with varying perturbation periods”, Physical Review E, 66, 066601 (2002).  [Download PDF]
Z. Chen
and K. MacCarthy*, “Spatial soliton pixels from partially coherent light”, Optical Letters, 27, 2019 (2002).  [Download PDF]
Z. Chen
, K. MacCarthy* and H. Martin*, "Photonic lattices induced by partially coherent light", Optics and Photonic News, December 2002.  [Download PDF]
Publications Prior to 2002
A List of Earlier Publications  [Download PDF]