Observation of dipole-mode vector solitons
Pattern Formation and Solitons
2009-10-31 v1
Abstract
We report on the first experimental observation of a novel type of optical vector soliton, a {\em 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.
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@article{arxiv.nlin/0008009,
title = {Observation of dipole-mode vector solitons},
author = {Wieslaw Krolikowski and Elena A. Ostrovskaya and Carsten Weilnau and Matthias Geisser and Glen McCarthy and Yuri S. Kivshar and Cornelia Denz and Barry Luther-Davies},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nlin/0008009},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
4 pages, 8 figures; pictures in the PRL version are better quality