Spiraling multivortex solitons in nonlocal nonlinear media

Daniel Buccoliero*, Anton S. Desyatnikov, Wieslaw Krolikowski, Yuri S. Kivshar

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    Abstract

    We demonstrate the existence of a broad class of higher-order rotating spatial solitons in nonlocal nonlinear media. We employ the generalized Hermite-Laguerre-Gaussian ansatz for constructing multivortex soliton solutions and study numerically their dynamics and stability. We discuss in detail the tripole soliton carrying two spiraling phase dislocations, or self-trapped optical vortices.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)198-200
    Number of pages3
    JournalOptics Letters
    Volume33
    Issue number2
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 15 Jan 2008

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