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Fields of interest:

• Nonlinear optics
• Integrated and fiber optics
• Optics of liquid crystals

Recent publications:

A. Fratalocchi, G. Assanto, K.A. Brzdakiewicz and M.A. Karpierz:
Optically induced Zener tunneling in one-dimensional lattices,
Opt. Lett., Vol. 31, (2006), pp. 790-792.

K.A. Brzdakiewicz, M.A. Karpierz, A. Fratalocchi, G. Assanto and E. Nowinowski-Kruszelnicki:
Discrete Spatial Solitons in Nematic Liquid Crystals,
Opto-Electron. Rev., Vol. 13, (2005), 107-112.

A. Fratalocchi, G. Assanto, K.A. Brzdakiewicz and M.A. Karpierz:
Optical multiband vector breathers in tunable waveguide arrays,
Opt. Lett., Vol. 30, (2005), pp. 174-176.

A. Fratalocchi, G. Assanto, K.A. Brzdakiewicz and M.A.. Karpierz:
All-optical switching and beam steering in tunable waveguide arrays,
Appl. Phys. Lett., Vol. 86, (2005), 051112.

A. Fratalocchi, G. Assanto, K.A. Brzdakiewicz and M.A. Karpierz:
Discrete light propagation and self-trapping in liquid crystals,
Opt. Express, Vol. 13, (2005), pp. 1808 -1815
http://www.opticsexpress.org/abstract.cfm?URI=OPEX-13-6-1808.

K. Brzdakiewicz, M.A. Karpierz, A. Fratalocchi and G. Assanto:
Discrete Optical Solitons in Nematic Liquid Crystals,
Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, Vol. 421, (2004), pp. 61-68.

A. Fratalocchi, G. Assanto, K.A. Brzdakiewicz and M.A. Karpierz:
Discrete propagation and spatial solitons in nematic liquid crystals,
Opt. Lett., Vol. 29, (2004), pp. 1530-1532.