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Dynamics of localized structures in vector waves

patt-sol 2009-10-31 v2 Pattern Formation and Solitons

Abstract

Dynamical properties of topological defects in a twodimensional complex vector field are considered. These objects naturally arise in the study of polarized transverse light waves. Dynamics is modeled by a Vector Complex Ginzburg-Landau Equation with parameter values appropriate for linearly polarized laser emission. Creation and annihilation processes, and selforganization of defects in lattice structures, are described. We find "glassy" configurations dominated by vectorial defects and a melting process associated to topological-charge unbinding.

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@article{arxiv.patt-sol/9907004,
  title  = {Dynamics of localized structures in vector waves},
  author = {Emilio Hernandez-Garcia and Miguel Hoyuelos and Pere Colet and Maxi San Miguel},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:patt-sol/9907004},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

4 pages, 5 figures included in the text. To appear in Phys. Rev. Lett. (2000). Related material at http://www.imedea.uib.es/Nonlinear and http://www.imedea.uib.es/Photonics . In this new version, Fig. 3 has been replaced by a better one