Observation of stable-vector vortex solitons

Yana Izdebskaya; Gaetano Assanto; Wieslaw Krolikowski

doi:10.1364/OL.40.004182

Observation of stable-vector vortex solitons

Yana Izdebskaya^*, Gaetano Assanto, Wieslaw Krolikowski

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We report on the first experimental observation of stable-vector vortex solitons in nonlocal nonlinear media with a reorientational response, such as nematic liquid crystals. These solitons consist of two co-polarized, mutually trapped beams of different colors, a bright fundamental spatial soliton, and a nonlinear optical vortex. The nonlinear vortex component, which is normally unstable in nonlinear media, is stabilized and confined here by the highly nonlocal refractive potential induced by the soliton.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	4182-4185
Number of pages	4
Journal	Optics Letters
Volume	40
Issue number	17
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.40.004182
Publication status	Published - 2015

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