Gaetano Assanto

Room n°63
Department of Engineering
University of Rome "Roma Tre"
Via della Vasca Navale, 84 - 00146 - Roma - Italy
tel. +39 06 5733 7028
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mobile +39 329 0571 045
e-mail: assanto@uniroma3.it



Curriculum Vitae



After his EE MSc degree (with honors) at the Univ. of Palermo in 1981, in 8/1983 Gaetano Assanto entered the PhD program in ECE at the University of Palermo, then at the U. of Iowa and later at the University of Arizona. In 1/1985 he joined the Optical Sciences Center of the U. of Arizona as Research and Teaching Assistant in nonlinear integrated optics. He completed his Ph.D. in 12/1986. From 1/1987 to 7/1988 he was Research Engineer at the Center for Electronic Research in Sicily. In 7/1988 he joined the Univ. of Arizona as Research Scientist, and from 9/1990 to 10/1992 the Center for Research in Electro Optics and Lasers, Orlando, Florida as Senior Research Scientist. Since 11/1992 teaches Optoelectronics with the EE Dept.of the University of Rome "Roma Tre", where he has also given courses in Integrated Optics and Nonlinear Optics. Dr. Assanto has given his course of Optoelectronics also at the Univ. of Rome "Sapienza" and at the Univ. of Rome "Tor Vergata".
In October 1999, thru a national selection, he qualified for a Full Professorship in Electronics.
He is a Fellow of the OSA, Fellow of IEEE-Photonics Society, member of the association of Novel Optical Material and Application (NOMA), the Italian Society for Optics and Photonics (SIOF), the Italian Association for Electrotechnics (AEI), the Italian Institute of Physics of the Matter (INFM), the Italian Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN), the Interuniversity Consortium for the Structure of Matter (CNISM), the Italian Group of Electronics (GE), the Italian Society for Liquid Crystals (SICL), the Italian Society for Optics and Photonics (SIOF), the European Optical Society (EOS) and the European Physical Society (EPS). He is/has been in the editorial board of the J. Optical Society of America B, IEEE Photonics Journal, Laser Physics Review, Trends in Applied Sciences Research, Research Letters in Optics, International J. of Optics, J. of Nonlinear Optical Physics and Materials (JNOPM), Photonics Letters of Poland, Optics Letters, Nature Scientific Reports.
In 2009-2011 was an IEEE Distinguished Lecturer (two terms).
He serves as Expert Evaluator for the European Union, the Academy of Science of Finland, the Romanian Academy of Sciences, the Italian Ministry for Education, the Italian-Israeli Foundation; he serves in scientific committees for international conferences such as CLEO-Europe, IQEC, IEEE-LEOS, SPIE, ICTON, NOA, NLGW, NLO etc. and is author/coauthor of more than 900 publications, contributed and invited papers in journals, books and conferences. .




Teaching


Optoelectronics



Publications

2024

Counterpropagating optical solitary waves in orientation-modulated nematic liquid crystals
Wave Motion, In Press

Nonreciprocal nematicon propagation
Proc. SPIE 13016, Liquid Crystals Optics and Photonic Devices, 130160K

On the generation of optical third-harmonic waves through quasi-phase-matching in quadratic crystals
Wave Motion, In press

Nematonics: from physics to photonics of reorientational solitons
Liquid Crystals

Solitons, dispersive shock waves and Noel Fredrick Smyth
Wave Motion 127, 103275

2023

Direction-dependent optical solitary waves in nematic liquid crystals
Phys. Rev. A 108 (4), 053509

Nonreciprocal Propagation of Nematicons
MDPI Photonics 10 (10), 1144

Efficient Third-Harmonic Generation by Inhomogeneous Quasi-Phase-Matching in Quadratic Crystals
MDPI Photonics 10 (1), 76

2022

Optical isolation via direction-dependent soliton routing in birefringent soft matter
Opt. Lett. 47 (11), 459564

Induced dark solitons by means of singular beams
2022 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO)

Interactions of Self-Localised Optical Wavepackets in Reorientational Soft Matter
MDPI Appl. Sci. 12, 3668

2021

Multihump thermo-reorientational solitary waves in nematic liquid crystals: Modulation theory solutions
Phys. Rev. A, 104

Light Confinement with Structured Beams in Gold Nanoparticle Suspensions
Photonics, 8 (6)

Scalar and vector supermode solitons owing to competing nonlocal nonlinearities
Optics Express, 29 (6)

Guiding light with singular beams in nanoplasmonic colloids
Appl. Phys. Lett. 118

2020

Self-confined light waves in nematic liquid crystals
Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, 402

Spin-optical solitons in liquid crystals
Phys. Rev. A 102, 033501

Optothermal vortex-solitons in liquid crystals
Opt. Lett. 45 (8), 2451

Vortex nematicons in planar cells
Optics Express, 28 (6)

2019

Temperature control of nematicon trajectories
Physical Review E, 100

Spatiospectral features of a soliton-assisted random laser in liquid crystals
Optics Letters, 44 (14)

Thermo-optic soliton routing in nematic liquid crystals: erratum
Optics Letters, 44 (9)

Self-confined light waves in nematic liquid crystals
Nonl. Phenom. 402, 132182 (invited)

Spatiospectral features of a soliton-assisted random laser in liquid crystals
Opt. Lett. 44 (14), 3574-7

Electro-optic quenching of nematicon fluctuations
Optics Letters, 44(1)

2018

Nematicons: reorientational solitons from optics to photonics
Liquid Crystals Reviews, 6 (2)

Mechanical analogies for nonlinear light beams in nonlocal nematic liquid crystals
Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics & Materials, 27 (4)

Electro-optic steering of random laser emission in liquid crystals
Photonics Letters of Poland, 10 (4)

Electro-optic quenching of nematicon fluctuations
Optics Letters, 44 (1)

Interplay of Thermo-Optic and Reorientational Responses in Nematicon Generation
Materials, 11(10)

Near-Infrared Switching of Light-Guided Random Laser
IEEE Photonics Journal, 10 (5)

Accelerated optical solitons in reorientational media with transverse invariance and longitudinally modulated birefringence
Phys. Rev. A 98, 023810

Thermo-optic soliton routing in nematic liquid crystals: erratum
Opt. Lett. 43, 2296-2299

Nematicons: reorientational solitons from optics to photonics
Liq. Cryst. Rev. 6 (2), 170-194 (Invited)

Mechanical analogies for nonlinear light beams in nonlocal nematic liquid crystals
J. Nonl. Opt. Phys. Mat. 27(4), 1850046

Electro-optic steering of random laser emission in liquid crystals
Photon. Lett. Pol. 10 (4), 103-5

Interplay of Thermo-Optic and Reorientational Responses in Nematicon Generation
Materials, 11(10), 1837

Near-Infrared Switching of Light-Guided Random Laser
IEEE Photonics Journal, 10(5)

Accelerated optical solitons in reorientational media with transverse invariance and longitudinally modulated birefringence
Phys. Rev. A 98, 023810

Spatial solitons to mold random lasers in nematic liquid crystals [Invited]
Optical Materials Express Vol. 8, Issue 12, pp. 3864-3878 (2018)

Interplay of Thermo-Optic and Reorientational Responses in Nematicon Generation
Materials, Vol. 11, Iss. 10 (2018)

Beaming random lasers with soliton control
Nature Communications 9, 3863 (2018)

Thermo-optic soliton routing in nematic liquid crystals
Optics Letters Vol. 43, Issue 10, pp. 2296-229

2017

Nonlinear continuous-wave optical propagation in nematic liquid crystals: Interplay between reorientational and thermal effects
Phys. Rev. E 96, 012703

Nematicon-enhanced spontaneous symmetry breaking
Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Vol. 649, Iss. 1 (2017)

All-optical guided-wave random laser in nematic liquid crystals
Optics Express Vol. 25, Issue 5, pp. 4672-4679 (2017)

Magnetic routing of light-induced waveguides
Nat. Comm. 8, 14452 (2017)

Erratum: \"Soliton-assisted random lasing in optically-pumped liquid crystals
Appl. Phys. Lett. 110 (1), 1019902 (2017)

Bistable beam propagation in liquid crystals
IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics Volume: 53, Issue: 1,

Interplay between diffraction and the Pancharatnam-Berry phase in inhomogeneously twisted anisotropic media
Phys. Rev. A 95, 023823 (2017)

2016

Highly nonlocal optical response: Benefit or drawback?
Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics & MaterialsVol. 25, No. 04, 1650043

Anomalous diffraction in hyperbolic materials
Phys. Rev. A 94, 033830

Linear and nonlinear light beam propagation in chiral nematic liquid crystal waveguides
Photon. Lett. Pol. 8 (1), 1 (2016)

Quenching nematicon fluctuations via photostabilization
Photon. Lett. Pol. 8 (1), 2-4 (2016)

Nonlocal soliton scattering in random potentials
Journal of Optics, Volume 18, Number 7

Electromagnetic Confinement via Spin-Orbit Interaction in Anisotropic Dielectrics
ACS Photonics, 2016, 3 (12), pp 2249-2254

Phase-front curvature effects on nematicon generation
Journal of the Optical Society of America B Vol. 33, Issue 5, pp. 903-909 (2016)

Vortex stabilization by means of spatial solitons in nonlocal media
Journal of Optics, Volume 18, Number 5

Guiding light via geometric phases
Nature Photonics 10, 571-575 (2016)

Breather solitons in highly nonlocal media
Journal of Optics, Volume 18, Number 12

Quasi two-dimensional astigmatic solitons in soft chiral metastructures
Scientific Reports 6, Article number: 22923 doi:10.1038/srep22923

Soliton-assisted random lasing in optically-pumped liquid crystals
Appl. Phys. Lett. 109, 161105 (2016)

Voltage-driven beam bistability in a reorientational uniaxial dielectric
APL Photonics 1, 011302 (2016)

Light Induced Waveguides in Nematic Liquid Crystals
J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron. 22 (2), 4400306 (2016)

2015

Nonlinear competition in nematicon propagation
Optics Letters Vol. 40, Issue 22, pp. 5235-5238 (2015)

Observation of stable vector vortex solitons
Opt. Lett. 40 (17), 4182-5 (2015)

Nonlinear negative refraction in reorientational soft matter?
Phys. Rev. A 92, 033835 (2015)

Soliton enhancement of sponaneous symmetry breaking
Optica 2 (9), 783-9 (2015)

Observation of beam self-induced transition from positive to negative optical refraction in nematic liquid crystals
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 619 (1), 28-34 (2015)

Diffraction-induced instability of coupled dark solitary waves
Opt. Lett., Vol. 40, Issue 8, pp. 1771-1774 (2015)

Extraction of Schottky Barrier Parameters for Metal-Semiconductor Junctions on High Resistivity Inhomogeneous, Semiconductors
Electron Devices, IEEE Transactions on 62 (2), 465-470

Spatial optical solitons in highly nonlocal media
Phys. Rev. A 91, 013841 (2015)

Rapid assessment of nonlinear optical propagation effects in dielectrics
Scientific Reports 5, Article number: 7650 (2015)

2014

Nematic liquid crystals: An excellent playground for nonlocal nonlinear light localization in soft matter
J. Nonlinear Optic. Phys. Mat. 23, 1450046

𝒫𝒯-symmetric nonlocal gap solitons in optical lattices
J. Nonlinear Optic. Phys. Mat. 23, 1450041 (2014)

Nematicons in planar cells subject to the optical Freedericksz threshold
Opt. Express 22 (25), 30663-30668 (2014)

Power-induced evolution and increased dimensionality of nonlinear modes in reorientational soft matter
Opt. Lett. 39 (22), 6399-6402 (2014)

Power-controlled transition from standard to negative refraction in reorientational soft matter
Nat. Commun. 5:5533 doi: 10.1038/ ncomms6533 (2014)

Beam hysteresis via reorientational self-focusing
Opt. Lett. 39, 5830-5833 (2014)

Accessible solitons in diffusive media
Opt. Lett. 39 (15), 4317-4320 (2014)

Bistability with Optical Beams Propagating in a Reorientational Medium
Phys. Rev. Lett. 113, 023901 (2014)

Design and simulation of optically controlled field effect transistors
Phys. Status Solidi C 11, 81-84 (2014)

Spin-On-Dopant Phosphorus diffusion in Germanium thin films for Near-Infrared detectors
Phys. Status Solidi C 11, 57-60 (2014)

TCAD simulation of thermally evaporated Germanium
Phys. Status Solidi C 11, 69-72 (2014)

Nonlocal Gap Solitons in PT symmetric periodic potential with defocusing nonlinearity
Phys. Rev. A 89, 013812 (2014)

Deflection of Nematicon-Vortex Vector Solitons in Liquid Crystals
Phys. Rev. A 89, 013827 (2014)

Vortex confinement and bending with the aid of nonlocal solitons
Opt. Lett. 39 (3), 509-512 (2014)

2013

Nematicons and their electro-optic control: light localization and signal readdressing via reorientation in liquid crystals
Int. J. Mol. Sci. 14 (10), 19932-19950 (2013)

Harnessing optical vortices in soft matter lattices
Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 093902 (2013)

Light confinement via periodic modulation of the refractive index
New J. Phys. 15, 083013 (2013)

Deflection and trapping of spatial solitons in linear photonic potentials
Opt. Express 21 (16), 18646-18660 (2013)

Soliton self-routing in a finite photonic potential
Opt. Lett. 38 (12), 2071-2073 (2013)

Comment on "Solitons in highly nonlocal nematic liquid crystals: Variational approach"
Phys. Rev. A 87 (4), 047801 (2013)

Optical road-ice detector operating in the near infrared
Electron. Lett. 49 (5), 338-340 (2013)

A near-infrared optoelectronic approach to detection of road conditions
Optics and Lasers in Engineering 51 (5), 633-636 (2013)

Optical vortices in antiguides
Opt. Lett. 38 (10), 1618-1620 (2013)

Deflection of nematicons through interaction with dielectric particles
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 30 (6), 1432-1437 (2013)

Near-Infrared Photodetectors in Evaporated Ge: Characterization and TCAD Simulations
Electron Devices, IEEE Transactions on 60 (6) (2013)

Properties of nematicons in low-birefringent nematic liquid crystals
Phot. Lett. Pol. 4 (1), 2-4 (2013)

Frequency-Controlled Routing of Self-Confined Beams in Nematic Liquid Crystals
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 572 (1), 26-33 (2013)

Modeling nematicon propagation
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 572 (1), 2-12 (2013)

Optical Vortex Generation in Nematic Liquid Crystal Light Valves
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 572 (1), 24-30 (2013)

Interactions of accessible solitons with interfaces in anisotropic media: the case of uniaxial nematic liquid crystals
New J. Phys. 15, 043011 (2013)

Light Self-Localization and Power-Dependent Steering in Anisotropic Dielectrics: Spatial Solitons in Uniaxial Nematic Liquid Crystals
Progress in Optical Science and Photonics, Ed. B. Malomed, Springer (Berlin), (2013)

Germanium-on-Glass solar cells: fabrication and characterization
Opt. Mater. Express 3 (2), 216-228 (2013)

Characterization of the vortex-pair interaction law and nonlinear mobility effects
New J. Phys. 15 (1), 013028 (2013)

2012

Power-Dependent Nematicon Self-Routing
Nematicons, Ed. G. Assanto, Wiley, ISBN: 978-0-470-90724-5 (2012)

Discrete Light Propagation in Arrays of Liquid Crystalline Waveguides
Nematicons, Ed. G. Assanto, Wiley, ISBN: 978-0-470-90724-5 (2012)

Nematicons in Light Valves
Nematicons, Ed. G. Assanto, Wiley, ISBN: 978-0-470-90724-5 (2012)

External Control of Nematicon Paths
Nematicons, Ed. G. Assanto, Wiley, ISBN: 978-0-470-90724-5 (2012)

Nematicons: Spatial Optical Solitons in Nematic Liquid Crystals
Nematicons, Ed. G. Assanto, Wiley, ISBN: 978-0-470-90724-5 (2012)

Refraction of Nonlinear Light Beams in Nematic Liquid Crystals
J. Nonl. Opt. Phys. Mat. 21 (3), 1250033 (1-21) (2012)

All-optical switching of a signal by a pair of interacting nematicons
Opt. Express 20 (22), 24701 (2012)

Vortex induction via anisotropy self-stabilized light-matter interaction
Phys. Rev. Lett. 109 (14), 143901 (2012)

High responsivity near-infrared photodetectors in evaporated Ge-on-Si
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 081101 (2012)

Frequency-controlled acceleration of spatial solitons in nematic liquid crystals
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 081112 (2012)

Nematicon waveguides: self-confined beams and their electric control
Appl. Phys. B 108, 177-182 (2012)

Nematicons
Phys. Rep. 516, 147-208 (2012)

Self-guided beams in low-birefringence nematic liquid crystals
Phys. Rev. A 86, 013824 (2012)

In-plane steering of nematicon waveguides across an electrically tuned interface
Appl. Phys. Lett. 100, 251107 (2012)

Nematicons in azobenzene liquid crystals
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 559 (1), 202-213 (2012)

Dark Spatial Solitons in Liquid Crystals
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 558, 168-175 (2012)

Electro-optic beam steering with nematicons
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 558, 12-21 (2012)

Tunable nonlinearity in nematicon physics
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 558, 2-11 (2012)

Parametric conversion in micrometer and sub-micrometer structured ferroelectric crystals by surface poling.
International Journal of Optics, Article ID 606892, (2012)

Electro-optic steering of nematicons
Phot. Lett. Pol. 4 (1), 2-4 (2012)

Scattering of reorientational optical solitons at dielectric perturbation
Phys. Rev. A 85 (1), 013804 (2012)

2011

Document Solar cells by Germanium layer transfer on glass
2011 10th International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering, EEEIC.EU 2011 - Conference Proceedings 5874708

An electro-optically tunable Bragg reflector based on liquid crystals
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 549 (1), 62-8 (2011)

Reorientational versus Kerr dark and grey solitons using modulation theory
Phys. Rev. E 84, 066602 (2011)

Features of randomized electric-field assisted domain inversion in Lithium Tantalate
Opt. Express 19 (25), 25780-5 (2011)

Nematicon self-steering
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 549, 1-9 (2011)

Transverse self-accelaration of nematicons: can a self-confined beam change its own path?
J. Nonl. Opt. Phys. Mat. 20, 237-247 (2011)

Dipole azimuthons and charge-flipping in nematic liquid crystals
Opt. Express 19 (22), 21457-66 (2011)

Light bullets in the spatiotemporal nonlinear Schrödinger equation with a variable negative diffraction coefficient
Phys. Rev. A 84, 043801 (2011)

Trends and trade-offs in nematicon propagation
Appl. Phys. B 104 (4), 805-11 (2011)

Modulation Analysis of Nonlinear Beam Refraction at an Interface in Liquid Crystals
Phys. Rev. A 84, 033818 (2011)

Thermally evaporated single-crystal Germanium on Silicon
Thin Solid Films 519, 8037-8040 (2011)

Low-temperature germanium thin films on silicon
Opt. Mater. Express 1 (5), 856-865 (2011)

Large electro-optic beam steering with Nematicons
Opt. Lett. 36 (14), 2611–3 (2011)

Nematicon-nematicon interactions in a medium with tunable nonlinearity and fixed nonlocality
Opt. Lett. 36 (13), 2566-8 (2011)

Efficient pulse compression and frequency conversion of phase-modulated laser pulses in engineered quasi-phase-matched gratings
Phys. Wave Phenom. 19 (2), 107-11 (2011)

Lagrange Solution for Three Wavelength Soliton Clusters in Nematic Liquid Crystals
Physica D 240, 1213-1219 (2011)

Optical Solitons and Wave-Particle Duality
Opt. Lett. 36 (10), 1848-50 (2011)

Three-dimensional spatiotemporal vector solitary waves
J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 44, 095403 (2011)

Dark Nematicons
Opt. Lett. 36 (8), 1456-8 (2011)

Non Paraxial Solitary waves in anisotropic dielectrics
Phys. Rev. A 83, 033822 (2011)

Optical power monitors in Ge monolithically integrated on SOI chips
Microelectronic Engineering 88, 514–517 (2011)

Thermal evaporation of Ge on Si for near infrared detectors: material and device characterization
Microelectronic Engineering 88, 526–529 (2011)

Micro-Raman characterization of Germanium thin films evaporated on various substrates
Microelectronic Engineering 88, 492–495 (2011)

On Beam Propagation in Anisotropic Media: one-dimensional analysis
Opt. Lett. 36 (3), 334-6 (2011)

Non-paraxial (1+1)D spatial solitons in uniaxial media
Opt. Lett. 36 (2), 193-5 (2011)

Localized States in Physics: Solitons and Patterns, 1st Edition
Springer (Berlin) ISBN: 978-3-642-16548-1 (2011)

Multimode nematicon waveguides
Opt. Lett. 36 (2), 184-6 (2011)

2010

Integrated frequency shifter in a periodically poled lithium tantalate waveguide
Electron. Lett. 46 (25), 1686-7 (2010)

Power-dependent nematicon steering via walk-off
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 27 (11), 2398-404 (2010)

Power-dependent nematicon steering via walk-off
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 27, 2398-2404 (2010)

Soft proton exchanged channel waveguides in congruent lithium tantalate for frequency doubling
Opt. Express 25, 25967-72 (2010)

Refraction of Nonlinear Beams by Localised Refractive Index Changes in Nematic Liquid Crystals
Phys. Rev. A 82, 053843 (2010)

Parametric self-trapping in the presence of random quasi-phase-matching
Opt. Lett. 35 (22), 3760 (2010)

Enhancement of third harmonic generation in nonlocal spatial solitons
Opt. Lett. 35 (20), 3342 (2010)

Nematicons in Liquid Crystal Light Valves
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 527, 98-108 (2010)

Germanium on Glass: A novel platform for light sensing devices
IEEE Photon. J. 2 (5), 686-95 (2010)

Propagation of spatial optical solitons in a dielectric with adjustable nonlinearity
Phys. Rev. A 82, 023806 (2010)

Sub-milliwatt dissipative nematicons and spontaneous light emission in dye-doped nematic liquid crystals
Electron. Lett. 46, 790 (2010)

Nematicons beyond the perturbative regime
Opt. Lett. 35 (15), 2520-2 (2010)

Solitary wave propagation and steering through light-induced refractive potentials
Phys. Rev. A 81, 063811 (2010)

Self-turning self-confined light beams in guest-host media
Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 213904 (2010)

Space-Time Bullet Trains via modulation instability and nonlocal solitons
Opt. Express 18 (6), 593441 (2010)

Continuous-Wave Backward Frequency Doubling in Periodically Poled Lithium Niobate
Appl. Phys. Lett. 96, 111110 (2010)

Soliton steering by longitudinal modulation of the nonlinearity in waveguide arrays
Phys. Rev. Lett. 104 (5), 053903 (2010)

Nonlinear disorder mapping through three wave mixing
IEEE Photon. J. 2 (1), 18-28 (2010)

Readdressable interconnects with spatial soliton waveguides in liquid crystal light valves
IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 22, 694 (2010)

Near-Infrared Ge-on-Si power monitors monolithically integrated on SOI chips
IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 22, 658 (2010)

Soliton gating and switching in liquid crystal light valve
Appl. Phys. Lett. 96, 071104 (2010)

Germanium on insulator near-infrared photodetectors faricated by layer transfer
Thin Solid Films 518, 2501 (2010)

Soliton self-deflection via power-dependent walk-off
Appl. Phys. Lett. 96, 061105 (2010)

Counterpropagating nematicons in bias-free liquid crystals
Opt. Express 18 (4), 3258-3263 (2010)

Nematicon All-optical control in liquid crystal light valves
Opt. Lett 35 (3), 390-2 (2010)

Soliton steering by longitudinal modulation of the nonlinearity in waveguide arrays
Phys. Rev. Lett. 104 (5), 053903 (2010)

Nonlinear disorder mapping through three-wave mixing
IEEE Photonics Journal 2, 18-28 (2010)

Random quasi-phase-matched second-harmonic eneration in periodicaly poled lithium tantalate
Opt. Lett. 35, 363-365 (2010)

2009

Optical path control of solitary waves in dye-doped nematic liquid crystals
Photon. Lett. Pol. 1 (4), 154-156 (2009)

Liquid Crystal Light Valves: a versatile platform for Nematicons
Photon. Lett. Pol. 1 (4), 151-153 (2009)

Germanium-on-glass near-infrared detectors
Electron. Lett. 45, 994 (2009)

Interaction of self-trapped beams in high index glass
Opt. Express 17, 17150 (2009)

Quadratic Solitons in Non Collinear Quasi-Phase Matched Geometry
Phys. Rev. A 80, 021801 (2009)

Guided-wave photodetectors in Germanium on optical chips in Silicon-On-Insulator
J. Europ. Opt. Soc. Rap. Public. 4, 09030 (2009)

Accessible ligth bullets via Synergetic Nonlinearities
Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 203903 (2009)

Guided-wave photodetectors in germanium on SOI optical chips
Physica E 41, 1090-1093 (2009)

Analysis of temperature dependence of Ge-on-Si p-i-n photodetectors
Physica E 41, 1086-1089 (2009)

Modulation analysis of boundary-induced motion of optical solitary waves in a nematic liquid crystal
Phys. Rev. A 79, 043816 (2009)

Nematicons in twisted liquid crystals
Photon. Lett. Pol. 1 (1), 7-9 (2009)

Nematicons escaping a wide trapping potential: modulation theory
Phys. Rev. A 79, 033837 (2009)

Voltage-driven in-plane steering of nematicons
Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 091106 (2009)

Engineered quasi-phase matching for multiple parametric generation and pulse shaping
Opt. Express 17 (5), 6765-6770 (2009)

Spatial solitons in liquid crystal light valves
Opt. Lett. 34 (6), 737-739 (2009)

Collisionless shock resolution in nematic liquid crystals
Phys. Rev. A 78 (6), 063808 (2009)

2008

Incoherent interaction of nematicons in biasfree liquid crystal cells
J. Eur. Opt. Soc. 5, 10008--1-5 (2008)

All-optical steering of soliton waveguides in dye doped liquid crystals
Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 171104 (2008)

Escaping Solitons from a trapping potential
Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 153902 (2008)

Ultra-Violet Generation in Periodically Poled Lithium Tantalate Waveguides
Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 121117 (2008)

Near-infrared absorption of Germanium thin films on Silicon
Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 111115 (2008)

Near-Infrared p-i-n Ge-on-Si Photodiodes for Silicon Integrated Receivers
J. Lightwave Techn. 26, 2954-2959 (2008)

Temperature-Dependence of Ge on Si p–i–n Photodetectors
J. Lightwave Techn. 26, 2211-2214 (2008)

Discrete Solitons in Optics
Phys. Rep. 463 (1-3), 1 (2008)

In-situ tuning of a photonic band-gap with laser pulses
Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 091111 (2008)

Guiding and Bending Light at Will with Spatial Solitons in Liquid Crystals
Int. J. Microw. Opt. Techn. 3 (3), 370-6 (2008)

Ge-on-Si photodetectors for optical receivers
Int. J. Microw. Opt. Techn. 3 (3), 404-11 (2008)

All-optical isolation by directional coupling
Opt. Lett. 33, 1641-1643 (2008)

Spatial solitons in two-dimensional lattices of a nonlinear nature
Opt. Photon. News 6, 29-32 (2008)

Transverse nonlinear optics in Heavy Metal Oxide Glass
Phys. Rev. A 77, 043808 (2008)

Parametric solitons in two-dimensional lattices of purely nonlinear origin
Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 053901 (2008)

Pulse shaping via Backward Second Harmonic Generation
Opt. Express 16, 2115-2121 (2008)

Efficient high-harmonic generation in engineered quasi-phase matching gratings
Opt. Express 16, 18370-18375 (2008)

2007

Low Dark-Current Germanium-On-Silicon Near-Infrared Detectors
IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 19, 1813 (2007)

Light induced angular steering via Floquet-Bloch band-tunneling in one-dimensional liquid crystalline photonic lattices
Opto-Electronics Rev. 15, 210-214 (2007)

Spatial solitons in Chi2 planar photonic crystals
Opt. Lett. 32, 3149-3151 (2007)

Compensating group-velocity mismatch in parametric frequency generation
Opt. Lett. 32, 2921-2923 (2007)

Dissipative self-confined optical beams in doped nematic liquid crystals
J. Nonl. Opt. Phys. & Mat. 16, 295-305 (2007)

Universal character of the discrete nonlinear Schrödinger equation
Phys. Rev. A 76, 042108 (2007)

Nonlinear bouncing of nonlocal spatial solitons at the boundaries
Opt. Lett. 32, 2795-2797 (2007)

Tunable wavelength-selective add-drop in Liquid Crystals on Silicon microresonator
Opt. Commun. 279, 210-213 (2007)

Propagation of optical spatial solitons in finite size media: interplay between non locality and boundary conditions
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 24, 2314-2320 (2007)

Near-infrared spatial solitons in heavy metal oxide glasses
Opt. Lett. 32, 2103-2105 (2007)

Germanium near infrared detector on Silicon-on-Insulator
Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 021107 (2007)

Nonlinear management of the angular momentum of soliton clusters: Theory and experiment
Phys. Rev. A 75, 063835 (2007)

Symmetry breaking instabilities in perturbed optical lattices: nonlinear non-reciprocity and "macroscopic" self-trapping
Phys. Rev. A 75, 063828 (2007)

Guided-wave frequency doubling in surface periodically poled lithium niobate: competing effects
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 24, 1564-1570 (2007)

Femtosecond pulse synthesis by efficient second-harmonic generation in engineered quasi phase matching gratings
Opt. Express 15, 7448-7457 (2007)

Nematicons across interfaces: anomalous refraction and reflection of solitons in liquid crystals
Opt. Express 15, 8021-8028 (2007)

Routing light at will
J. Nonl. Opt. Phys. & Mat. 16, 37-48 (2007)

Ultraviolet Quasi-Phase-Matched Second Harmonic Generation in Surface Periodically Poled Lithium Niobate Optical Waveguides
Laser Phys. 17, 884-888 (2007)

Nonlinearly controlled angular momentum of soliton clusters
Opt. Lett. 32, 1447-1449 (2007)

Spatial solitons in nematic liquid crystals: from bulk to discrete
Opt. Express 15, 5248-5259 (2007)

Thin film Germanium on CMOS Silicon electronics for near infrared imaging
Europhoton. 3, 28-30 (2007)

Discrete optics in liquid crystalline lattices
LEOS Newslett. 2, 11-16 (2007)

A near infrared digital camera in polycrystalline Germanium integrated on Silicon
IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 43, 311-315 (2007)

Nonspecular total internal reflection of spatial solitons at the interface between highly birefringent media
Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 113902 (2007)

Nonlinear adiabatic evolution and emission of coherent Bloch waves in optical lattices
Phys. Rev. A 75, 13626 (2007)

Nonlinear shift of spatial solitons at a graded dielectric interface
Opt. Lett. 32, 271-273 (2007)

Near-infrared camera in polycrystalline germanium integrated on complementary-metal-oxide semiconductor electronics
Appl. Phys. Lett. 90, 011103 (2007)

2006

Tunable refraction and reflection of self-confined light beams
Nature Phys. 2, 737-742 (2006)

Discrete light propagation and self-localization in voltage-controlled arrays of channel waveguides in undoped nematic liquid crystals
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 453, 191-202 (2006)

Si-based near infrared photodetectors operating at 10 Gbit/s
J. Lumin. 121, 413-416 (2006)

Dispersion spectroscopy of photonic lattices
Opt. Lett. 31, 3351-3353 (2006)

Quadratic phase matching in slot waveguides
Opt. Lett. 31, 3146-3148 (2006)

Two-color vector solitons in nonlocal media
Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 153903 (2006)

Lithium niobate step-index waveguides for broadband second harmonic generation
J. Nonl. Opt. Phys. 15, 191-202 (2006)

Color-center waveguides in low-energy electron-bombarded lithium fluoride
Appl. Phys. Lett. 88, 261111 (2006)

Impedance matching in photonic crystal microcavities for second-harmonic generation
Opt. Lett. 31, 250-252 (2006)

Governing soliton splitting in one-dimensional lattices
Phys. Rev. E 73, 046603 (2006)

Optically induced Zener tunneling in one-dimensional lattices
Opt. Lett. 31, 790-792 (2006)

Ge on Si p-i-n photodiodes operating at 10Gbit/s
Appl. Phys. Lett. 88, 101111 (2006)

Nematicons and their angular steering
J. Nonl. Opt. Phys. Mat. 15, 33-42 (2006)

Light propagation through a nonlinear defect: symmetry breaking and controlled soliton emission
Opt. Lett. 31, 1489-1491 (2006)

All-optical Landau-Zener tunneling in waveguide arrays
Opt. Express 14, 2021-2026 (2006)

Surface periodic poling in congruent lithium tantalate
Electron. Lett. 42, 546-547 (2006)

Spatial Soliton All-Optical Logic Gates
IEEE Photon. Techn. Lett. 18 , 1287-1289 (2006)

Waveguide photodetectors for the near infrared in polycristalline germanium on silicon
IEEE Photon. Techn. Lett. 18, 1094-1096 (2006)

2005

Monolithic and hybrid near infrared detection and imaging based on poli-Ge photodiode arrays
Opt. Mat. 27, 1079-1083 (2005)

Transient-mode excitation, terahertz generation and wavelength shifting in a photonic band gap
Appl. Phys. B 81, 415-420 (2005)

Terahertz pulse generation via optical rectification in photonic crystal microcavities
Opt. Lett. 30, 1174-1176 (2005)

Discrete light propagation and self-trapping in liquid crystals
Opt. Express 13, 1808-1815 (2005)

Interplay between nonlocality and nonlinearity in nematic liquid crystals
Opt. Lett. 30, 415-417 (2005)

All-optical switching and beam steering in tunable waveguide arrays
Appl. Phys. Lett. 86, 51112-51114 (2005)

Nonlinear all-optical switch with nematic liquid crystals
Appl. Phys. Lett. 86, 51109-51111 (2005)

Form birefringence phase matching in multilayer semiconductor structures: Tuning and tolerances
IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 41, 1293-1302 (2005)

Spectral evolution of an optical pattern in non local nematic liquid crystals
Opt. Express 13, 6476-6481 (2005)

Self-healing generation of spatial solitons in liquid crystals
Opt. Lett. 30, 1381-1383 (2005)

Nematic Liquid Crystal Waveguide Arrays
Optoelectron. Rev. 13, 107-12 (2005)

Non local incoherent spatial solitons in liquid crystals
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 22, 1371-1377 (2005)

Silica masks for improved surface poling of lithium niobate
Electron. Lett. 41, 92-94 (2005)

Electro-optic routing in a nematic liquid crystal waveguide
Appl. Opt. 44, 4136-4143 (2005)

Guided-wave near-infrared detector in polycrystalline Germanium on Silicon
Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 203507 (2005)

Integrated twin-photon sources for the silicon absorption band: a numerical study
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 22, 2331-2337 (2005)

Spatial solitons and modulational instability in the presence of large birefringence: The case of highly nonlocal liquid crystals
Phys. Rev. E 72, 066614 (2005)

Signal processing by opto-optical interactions between self-localized and free propagating beams in liquid crystals
Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 261104 (2005)

Discrete light localization in one-dimensional nonlinear lattices with arbitrary nonlocality
Phys. Rev. E 72, 066608 (2005)Form

Nonlinear AlGaAs waveguide for the generation of counterpropagating twin photons in the telecom range
J. Appl. Phys. 98, 063102 (2005)

Observation of power-dependent walk-off via modulation instability in nematic liquid crystals
Opt. Lett. 30, 2290-2292 (2005)

Optical multiband vector breathers in tunable waveguide arrays
Opt. Lett. 30, 174-176 (2005)

Spatially incoherent modulational instability in a non local medium
Laser Phys. Lett. 2, 25-29 (2005)

Integrated electro-optic switch in liquid crystals
Opt. Express 13, 32-37 (2005)

2004

Wavelength shifting in photonic bandgap microcavities with isotropic media
Appl. Phys. Lett. 85, 4585-4587 (2004)

Germanium on Silicon for light detection
Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Vol. 3, 829-842 (2004)

Nonlinear Optics Applications: Bright Spatial Solitons
Encyclopedia of Modern Optics, Vol. 5, 43-55 (2004)

Nonlinear Optics Basics: Cascading
Encyclopedia of Modern Optics, vol. 3, 207-212 (2004)

Low-threshold spatial solitons in reverse-proton-exchanged periodically poled lithium niobate waveguides
Opt. Lett. 29, 1778 (2004)

Discrete propagation and spatial solitons in nematic liquid crystals
Opt. Lett. 29, 1530 (2004)

Three-Dimensional Superprism Effect in Photonic-Crystal Slabs
IEEE J. Lightwave Technol. 22, 1748 (2004)

Parametric Oscillations in Photonic Crystal Slabs 3-D Time-Domain Analysis
IEEE Photon. Techn. Lett. 16, 1495 (2004)

Bi-colour spatial solitons in linearly uncoupled planar waveguides
J. Opt. B: Quantum Semiclass. Opt. 6, S217-S222 (2004)

Photonic crystal wires for optical parametric oscillators in isotropic media
Appl. Phys. B 79, 9-13 (2004)

Observation of Optical Spatial Solitons in a Highly Nonlocal Medium
Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 113902 (2004)

Optical parametric oscillations in isotropic photonic crystals
Opt. Express 12, 823-828 (2004)

Highly non-local optical solitons and their observation in nematic liquid crystals
Int. Mod. Phys. Lett. B 18, 2819-2828 (2004)

Spiraling and Cyclic Dynamics of Nematicons
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 421, 197-207 (2004)

Discrete optical solitons in nematic liquid crystals
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 421, 61-68 (2004)

Routing of anisotropic spatial solitons and modulational instability in liquid crystals
Nature 432, 733-737 (2004)

Linear array of Si/Ge heterojunction photodetectors monolithically integrated with Silicon CMOS readout electronics
IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron. 10, 811-815 (2004)

One dimensional transverse modulational instability in nonlocal media witha reorientational nonlinearity
IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron. 10, 862-869 (2004)

Controlled transmission in the forbidden photonic bandgap via transient nonlinear states
Opt. Lett. 29, 2902-2904 (2004)

Frequency generation within the forbidden band gap: All optical Rabi-like splitting in photonic crystals and microcavities
Phys. Rev. E 70, 066614-1-5 (2004)

Transverse dynamics of nematicons
Opt. Express 12, 6524-6529 (2004)

2003

Wavelength stabilizer for telecommunication lasers: design and optimization
J. Lightwave Techn. 21, 1749-1757 (2003)

Nonlocal Optical Propagation in Nonlinear Nematic Liquid Crystals
J. Nonl. Opt. Phys. Mat 12, 525-538 (2003)

Optical multisoliton generation in nematic liquid crystals
Opt. Lett. 28(22), 2231-2233 (2003)

Contraction of Aluminum Oxide Thin Layers in Optical Heterostructures
Appl. Phys. Lett. 83, 2554-6 (2003)

Nonlinear wave propagation and spatial solitons in nematic liquid crystals
J. Nonl. Opt. Phys. Mat. 12, 123-134 (2003)

Optical modulational instability in a nonlocal medium
Phys. Rev. E 68, 025602 (2003)

Route to Nonlocality and Observation of Accessible Solitons
Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 73901-3 (2003)

Spatial optical simultons in nonlinearly coupled planar waveguides
Opt. Lett. 28, 1031-1033 (2003)

2.5 Gbit/s polycristalline germanium on silicon photodetector operating from 1.3 to 1.55 micron
Appl. Phys. Lett. 82, 2524-2526 (2003)

Second Harmonic Generation in coupled LiNbO3 waveguides by reverse proton exchange
IEEE Photon. Techn. Lett. 15, 443-445 (2003)

Spatial Optical Solitons in bulk Nematic Liquid Crystals
Acta Phys. Pol. 103, 161-167 (2003)

Nematicons: optical spatial solitons in nematic liquid crystals
Opt. Photon. News 14, 44-48 (2003)

A germanium photodetector array for the near infrared monolithically integrated with silicon CMOS readout electronics
Physica E 16, 614-619 (2003)

Novel Spatial Solitons in coupled Lithium Niobate Waveguides by Reverse Proton Exchange
IEEE Photon. Techn. Lett. 15, 537-539 (2003)

Spatial solitons in nematic liquid crystals
IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 39, 13-21 (2003)

2002

Self confinement of light in planar cells containing nematic liquid crystals
Radiotekhnika I Electronika 47, 874-880 (2002) (in Russian)

Nonlocal spatial soliton interactions in bulk nematic liquid crystals
Opt. Lett. 27, 1460-1462 (2002)

All-optical switching and logic gating with spatial solitons in liquid crystals
App. Phys. Lett. 81, 333-335 (2002)

Simple physics of quadratic spatial solitons
Opt. Express 10, 388-396 (2002)

Wavelength stabilization of semiconductor lasers with a tunable photodetector
Appl. Phys. Lett. 80, 3039-3041 (2002)

Si-based optoelectronics for communications
Mat. Sci. Engin. B89, 2-9 (2002)

Monolithic Integration of Near Infrared Ge Photodetectors with Si CMOS Readout Electronics
Appl. Phys. Lett. 80, 3268-3270 (2002)

Characterization of AlGaAs/AlAs waveguides for optical parametric interactions
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 19, 902-910 (2002)

High performance germanium-on-silicon detectors for optical communications
Appl. Phys. Lett. 81, 586-588 (2002)

Nematic Liquid Crystals: a suitable medium for self-confinement of Coherent and Incoherent Light
Phys. Rev. E 65, 035603-035606 (2002)

Phase-Matching Engineering in Birefringent AlGaAs Waveguides for Difference Frequency Generation
J. Lightwave Techn. 20, 651-660 (2002)

Coherent and Incoherent Spatial Solitons in Bulk Nematic Liquid Crystals
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 375, 617-629 (2002)

Light Self-Confinement in Planar Cells with Nematic Liquid Crystals
J. Commun. Technol. Electron. 47, 790-795 (2002)

Solid State wavemeter with InGaAsP/InGaAs two-diode heterostructure
Electron. Lett. 38, 735-737 (2002)

2001

Germanium thin films on silicon for detection of near-infrared light
Handbook of Thin Films Materials, ed. H.S. Nalwa, Academic Press, (2001), p.327

High Efficiency Photodetectors Based On High Quality Epitaxial Germanium Grown On Silicon Substrates
Opt. Mater. 17, 71-73 (2001)

Incoherent Spatial Solitary Waves in Nematic Liquid Crystals
Opt. Lett. 26, 1791-1793 (2001)

Signal readdressing by steering of spatial solitons in bulk Nematic Liquid Crystals
Opt. Lett. 26, 1690-1692 (2001)

Second Harmonic Generation in Reverse Proton Exchanged Lithium Niobate Waveguides
Opt. Express 8, 232-237(2001)

Birefringence evaluation in multimodal and multilayer AlGaAs/AlAs waveguides
Appl. Phys. Lett. 78 , 1472-1474 (2001)

Near Infrared Waveguide Photodetectors Based On Polycrystalline Ge on SOI Substrates
Opt. Mater. 17, 243-246, (2001)

All-optical diode in a periodically-poled Lithium Niobate waveguide
Appl. Phys. Lett. 79, 314-316 (2001)

Efficient Frequency Doubling in Reverse Proton Exchanged Lithium Niobate Waveguides
IEEE Photon. Techn. Lett. 13, 323-325 (2001)

Quadratic Simultons in linear and nonlinear photonic bandgaps
J. Nonl. Opt. Phys. Mat. 10, 197-208 (2001)

High performance p-i-n Ge on Si photodetectors for the near infrared: from model to demonstration
IEEE Trans. Electron. Dev. 48, 1092-1096 (2001)

2000

Germanium on Silicon p-i-n photodiodes for the near infrared
Electron. Lett. 36, 2095-2096 (2000)

A solid-state near infrared spectrum analyzer based on polycrystalline Ge on Si
Mat. Sci. Semicon. Proc. 3 , 545-549 (2000)

X-ray and optical characterization of multilayer AlGaAs waveguides
Appl. Phys. Lett. 77, 3884-3886 (2000)

Near infrared photodetectors based on <100> silicon substrates
Phylos. Mag. B 80, 791-797 (2000)

Energy localization in photonic crystals of a purely nonlinear origin
Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 2502-2505 (2000)

Electrically Assisted Self-Confinement and Waveguiding in planar Nematic Liquid Crystal cells
Appl. Phys. Lett. 77, 7-9 (2000)

Parametric gap solitons and chaos via second-harmonic generation in Bragg gratings
Chaos 10, 590-599 (2000)

Optically Controlled Delay Lines by Pulse Self-Trapping in Parametric Waveguides with Distributed Feedback
IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 36, 931-943(2000)

Parametric Optical Solitons in Bragg Resonant Media
J. Nonl. Opt. Phys. Mat. 9, 69-78 (2000)

Cascading phase-shift and multivalued response in counterpropagating frequency nondegenerate parametric amplifiers
Opt. Lett. 25, 966-968 (2000)

Efficient high-speed near-infrared Ge photodetectors integrated on Si substrates
Appl. Phys. Lett. 76, 1231-1233 (2000)

1999

Advances in the field of poly-Ge on Si near infrared photodetectors
Mat. Sci. Eng. B 69-70, 257-259 (1999)

Routing switch based on a Silicon-on Insulator mode-mixer
IEEE Phot. Techn. Lett. 11, 194-196 (1999)

Energy localization through Bragg gratings in quadratic media for second-harmonic generation
Acta Phys. Pol. 95, 719-726 (1999)

Analysis of Lithium Niobate All-Optical Wavelength Shifters for the Third Spectral Window
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 16, 741-753 (1999)

All-optical diode based on second-harmonic generation in an asymmetric waveguide
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 16, 267-269 (1999)

Self-sustained trapping mechanism of zero-velocity parametric gap solitons
Phys. Rev. E 59, 2467-2469 (1999)

Cavityless oscillation through backward quasi-phase-matched second harmonic generation
Opt. Lett. 24, 1139-1141 (1999)

High responsitivity near infrared Ge photodetectors integrated on Si
Electron. Lett. 35, 1467-1468 (1999)

Ge-on-Si approaches to the detection of near infrared light
IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 35, 1843-1852 (1999)

Near infrared Wavemeter in Polycrystalline Germanium on Silicon
Electron. Lett. 35, 1549-1551 (1999)

Unique properties of quadratic solitons
Acta Phys. Pol. A 95, 691-704 (1999)

Metal-Ge-Si heterostructures for near infrared light detection
J. Vacuum Sci. Tech. B 17, 465-467 (1999)

1998

Parametric gap solitons in quadratic media
Opt. Express 3, 389-404 (1998)

Thin film devices for all-optical switching and processing via quadratic nonlinearities
Thin Solid Films 331, 291-297 (1998)

Multiple branching of vectorial spatial solitary waves in quadratic media
Opt. Commun. 146, 356-362 (1998)

Trapping of slowly-moving or stationary two-color gap solitons
Opt. Lett. 23, 334-336 (1998)

Phase-insensitive All-optical Transistors based on Second-order Nonlinearities
IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 34, 666-672 (1998)

Read/Write All-Optical Buffer by self-trapped Gap Simultons
Electron. Lett. 34, 689-691 (1998)

Excitation of stable transverse wavepackets with quadratic and cubic susceptibilities
Opt. Commun. 150, 390-398 (1998)

Interactions of type II vectorial spatial solitary waves in materials with quadratic nonlinearity
Opt. Quantum Electron. 30, 923-935 (1998)

All-optical Mode Mixer Spatial Switch Based on Cascading in Lithium Niobate
Appl. Phys. Lett. 72, 3405-3407 (1998)

Prism coupling into second-order nonlinear waveguides
Opt. Commun. 146, 95-98 (1998)

Optical gap solitons via second-harmonic generation: exact solitary solutions
Phys. Rev. E 57, R1251-R1254 (1998)

Three-wave simultons: quasi-particles in quadratic media
J. Nonl. Opt. Phys. & Mat. 7, 345-368 (1998)

Metal-Semiconductor-Metal Near Infrared Light Detector Based on Epitaxial Ge/Si
Appl. Phys. Lett. 72, 3175-3177 (1998)

Robust generation, properties, and potential applications of quadratic spatial solitons generated by optical parametric amplification
Opt. Quantum Electron. 30, 907-921 (1998)

Voltage-tunable near Infrared photodetector: Versatile component for optical communication systems
J. Vacuum Sci. Tech. B 16, 2619-2622 (1998)

1997

Mode Interplay via Quadratic Cascading in a Lithium Niobate Waveguide for All-Optical Processing
Opt. Quantum Electron. 29, 53-63 (1997)

Collisional interactions of vectorial spatial solitary waves in type II frequency doubling media?,
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 14, 3151-3161 (1997)

Bidimensional spatial solitary waves in quadratically nonlinear bulk media
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 14, 3134-3142 (1997)

Phase- and Polarization-Insensitive All-Optical Switching by Self-Guiding in Quadratic Media
Opt. Lett. 22, 1391-1393 (1997)

Beam pointing control with spatial solitary waves in quadratic nonlinear media
Opt. Commun. 134, 223-226 (1997)

Intensity controlled interactions between vectorial spatial solitary waves in quadratic nonlinear media
Opt. Lett. 22, 7-9 (1997)

Doubly resonant Bragg simultons via second-harmonic generation
Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 2341-2344 (1997)

Bloch Function Approach for parametric gap solitons
Opt. Lett. 22, 445-447 (1997)

Voltage tunable SiGe photodetector: a novel tool for crypted optical communications through wavelength mixing
Appl. Phys. Lett. 70, 3194-3196 (1997)

Efficient Wavelength Shifting Over the Erbium Amplifier Bandwidth Via Cascaded Second Order Processes in Lithium Niobate Waveguides
Appl. Phys. Lett. 7, 1020-1022 (1997)

Excitation of self-transparency Bragg solitons in quadratic media
Opt. Lett. 22, 1350-1352 (1997)

Quadratic Spatial Soliton Generation By Seeded Down Conversion of a Strong Harmonic Pump Beam
Opt. Lett. 22, 1683-1685 (1997)

Ge/Si (001) Photodetector for Near Infrared Light
Solid State Phenomena 54, 55-58 (1997)

Polarization multiplexed χ(2) solitary waves interactions
Opt. Lett. 22 , 1376-1378 (1997)

1996

All-optical switching via quadratic nonlinearities in a Mach-Zehnder Device with Soliton-like pulses
Nonl. Opt. 16, 303-320 (1996)

Soliton Polarization rotation and switching in type II second-harmonic generation
Opt. Lett. 21, 1969-1971 (1996)

A versatile bistable gate via quadratic cascading in a Bragg periodic structure
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 13, 661-670 (1996)

All-optical switching by spatial walk-off compensation and solitary-wave locking
Appl. Phys. Lett. 68, 1449-1451(1996)

Phase-insensitive, Single wavelength, All-Optical transistor Based on second-Order nonlinearities
Electron. Lett. 32, 1135-1136 (1996)

1995

All-optical Modulation via Nonlinear Cascading in Type II Second Harmonic Generation
Appl. Phys. Lett. 67, 2120-2122 (1995)

Cascading effects in Type II second-harmonic generation: applications to all-optical processing
Opt. Commun. 119, 143-148 (1995)

Guided-wave optical bistability through nonlinear cascading in a phase-matched distributed reflector
Electron. Lett. 31, 1661-1662 (1995)

Ottica integrata non-lineare: una panoramica
Alta Frequenza 7, 58 (1995)

Second Harmonic Generation: towards an all-optical transistor
Opt. Phot. News 13, Dec.1995

Coherent interactions for all-optical signal processing via quadratic nonlinearities
IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 31, 673-681 (1995)

Transistor action through nonlinear cascading in Type II interactions
Opt. Lett. 20, 1595-1597 (1995)

An analytical approach to all-optical modulation by cascading
Opt. Lett. 20, 1686-1688 (1995)

1994

All-optical processing by means of Vectorial Interactions in Second-Order Cascading: Novel approaches
Opt. Lett. 19, 1720-1722 (1994)

All-Optical Switching via Second Harmonic Generation in a Nonlinearly Asymmetric Directional Coupler
Opt. Commun. 110, 599-603 (1994)

Phase Controlled Transistor Action by Cascading of Second-Order Nonlinearities
Opt. Lett. 19, 1305-1307 (1994)

Polarization spatial chaos in second harmonic generation
Opt. Lett. 19, 1825-1827 (1994)

All-optical phase controlled amplitude modulator
Electron. Lett. 30, 733-735 (1994)

1993

Large nonlinear phase shifts in second-order nonlinear optical processes
Opt. Lett. 18, 13-15 (1993).

All Optical Switching Devices Based on Large Nonlinear Phase Shifts from Second Harmonic Generation
Appl. Phys. Lett. 62, 1323-1325 (1993)

Realization of Integrated Bragg Reflectors in DANS-polymer waveguides
J. Lightwave Tech. 11, 1189-1195 (1993)

1992

Integrated Bragg reflectors in polymeric channel waveguides
Opt. Commun. 94, 326-330 (1992)

Nonlinear optical probes of conjugated polymers
Synth. Met. 49-50, 21-35 (1992)

Third-order nonlinearities in organic polymers and the role of microscopic cascading of second-order hyperpolarizabilities
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 222, 33-43 (1992)

Nonlinear Phase Shifts Using Second Order Nonlinearities
Opt. Phot. News 3, 11 (1992)

1991

Grating coupling of light pulses into third-order nonlinear waveguides
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 8, 553-561 (1991)

Guided-Wave optical Bistability in Indium Antimonide Thin Films
IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 27, 809-816 (1991)

Large, Non-resonant, Intensity Dependent Refractive Index of 4-dialkylamino-4-nitro-diphenyl-polyene Side Chain Polymers in Waveguides
Appl. Phys. Lett. 58, 2613-2615 (1991)

Interferometric determination of the linewidth enhancement factor of a 1.55µm GaInAsP optical amplifier
Appl. Phys. Lett. 58, 816-818 (1991)

Improved Coupled-Mode Analysis of Nonlinear Distributed Feedback Structures
Opt. Quantum Electron. 23, 633-637 (1991)

1990

Switching and Self-Pulsing with Dynamic Holographic Gratings in Photorefractive Waveguides
Opt. Commun. 74, 361-364 (1990)

Nonlinear All-Optical Beam Scanner
J. Appl. Phys. 67, 1188-1193 (1990)

Guided-Wave Optical Bistability and Limiting in Zinc Sulfide Thin Films
J. Appl. Phys. 67, 3882-3885 (1990)

Butterfly bistability in grating coupled thin film waveguides
Opt. Commun. 75, 441-446 (1990)

Sign-dependent nonlinear response of directional couplers
Opt. Commun. 77, 402-406 (1990)

Coupled Mode Equations for Nonlinear Directional Couplers
Appl. Opt. 29, 2216-2217 (1990)

Feedback enhanced bistability in grating coupling into InSb waveguides
Opt. Lett. 15, 411-413 (1990)

All-optical tuning of waveguide nonlinear distributed feedback gratings
Appl. Phys. Lett. 56, 602-604 (1990)

Efficient Grating Coupling to Poly-4BCMU optical waveguides
Appl. Opt. 29, 3887-3890 (1990)

Fine Tuning of Wavevector Conservation in Guided Wave Devices by Photobleaching
Electron. Lett. 26, 1300-1301 (1990)

Optical Bistability in Nonlocally Nonlinear Periodic Structures
Appl. Phys. Lett. 56, 2285-2287 (1990)

All-Optical Nonlinear Integrated Devices
J. Mod. Opt. 37, 855-873 (1990)

1989

Observation of Dynamic Photorefractive effect in Lithium Niobate Waveguides
Opt. Commun. 73, 439-442 (1989)

Observation of Laser-Induced Parallel Ridges in Y-cut Lithium Niobate Crystals
J. Mat. Sci. Lett. 8, 971-973 (1989)

Thermal and band-filling effects in prism coupling to CdSSe-doped glass waveguides
J. Mod. Opt. 36, 305-316 (1989)

Ti-Indiffused LiNbO3 Optical Waveguides: A Range of Different Technologies
Mat. Chem. Phys. 23, 408-415 (1989)

Analysis of All-Optical Integrated Beam-Scanning Devices
Appl. Phys. Lett. 54, 1854-1856 (1989)

Non-Linear Prism Coupling with Nonlocality
Opt. Lett. 14, 898-890 (1989)

1988

Theory of Pulsed Excitation of Nonlinear Distributed Prism Couplers
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 5, 432-442 (1988)

Pulsed Excitation of Nonlinear Distributed Coupling Into ZnO optical guides
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 5, 425-431 (1988)

Effects of Taper in Nonlinear Distributed Feedback Gratings
J. Mod. Opt. 35, 871-883 (1988)

Bistability and Switching in Nonlinear Prism Coupling
Appl. Phys. Lett. 52, 869-871 (1988)

Multiple switching and fast effects in NL-prism coupling to sharp-cut filter glass waveguides
J. Physics D: Appl. Phys. 21, S164-S166 (1988)

1987

All-optical Switching in Prism Coupling to Semiconductor-Doped Glass Waveguides
Electron. Lett. 23, 484-485 (1987)

1986

Prism coupling into ZnS waveguides: a classic example of a nonlinear coupler
Opt. Lett. 11, 644-646 (1986)

Power-dependent coupling and fast switching in distributed coupling to ZnO waveguides
Appl. Phys. Lett. 49, 687-689 (1986)

Experimental Observation of Polarization Instability in a Birefringent Fiber
Appl. Phys. Lett. 49, 1224-1226 (1986)

Exact solitary wave solutions of nonlinear evolution and wave equations using a new direct algebraic method
J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 19, 607-628 (1986)