Composite spatial solitons in a saturable nonlinear bulk medium

C. Weilnau; W. Królikowski; E. A. Ostrovskaya; M. Ahles; M. Geisser; G. McCarthy; C. Denz; Y. S. Kivshar; B. Luther-Davies

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Composite spatial solitons in a saturable nonlinear bulk medium

C. Weilnau^*, W. Królikowski, E. A. Ostrovskaya, M. Ahles, M. Geisser, G. McCarthy, C. Denz, Y. S. Kivshar, B. Luther-Davies

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We review the generation of the recently predicted multi-component spatial optical solitons in a saturable nonlinear bulk medium. We present numerical simulations for an effectively isotropic model and experimental results for a set of different combinations of a Gaussian beam co-propagating incoherently with a beam of a more complex internal structure, such as a higher order transverse laser mode. We discuss the different formation processes and the general properties of a variety of different dipole-mode composite solitons and expand our investigations to the generation of a quadrupole-mode composite soliton.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	723-727
Number of pages	5
Journal	Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics
Volume	72
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s003400100546
Publication status	Published - 2001

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