TY - JOUR
T1 - Observation of Dipole-Mode Vector Solitons
AU - Krolikowski, Wieslaw
AU - Ostrovskaya, Elena
AU - Weilnau, C
AU - Geisser, M
AU - McCarthy, Glenn
AU - Kivshar, Yuri
AU - Denz, Cornelia
AU - Luther-Davies, Barry
PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - We report on the first experimental observation of a novel type of optical vector soliton, a dipole-mode soliton, recently predicted theoretically. We show that these vector solitons can be generated in a photorefractive medium employing two different processes: a phase imprinting, and a symmetry-breaking instability of a vortex-mode vector soliton. The experimental results display remarkable agreement with the theory, and confirm the robust nature of these radially asymmetric two-component solitary waves.
AB - We report on the first experimental observation of a novel type of optical vector soliton, a dipole-mode soliton, recently predicted theoretically. We show that these vector solitons can be generated in a photorefractive medium employing two different processes: a phase imprinting, and a symmetry-breaking instability of a vortex-mode vector soliton. The experimental results display remarkable agreement with the theory, and confirm the robust nature of these radially asymmetric two-component solitary waves.
M3 - Article
VL - 85
SP - 1424
EP - 1427
JO - Physical Review Letters
JF - Physical Review Letters
ER -