Observation of dipole-mode vector solitons. Academic Article

abstract

• 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.

authors

• Krolikowski, Wieslaw

published proceedings

• Phys Rev Lett

author list (cited authors)

• Krolikowski, W., Ostrovskaya, E. A., Weilnau, C., Geisser, M., McCarthy, G., Kivshar, Y. S., Denz, C., & Luther-Davies, B.

citation count

• 110

complete list of authors

• Krolikowski, W||Ostrovskaya, EA||Weilnau, C||Geisser, M||McCarthy, G||Kivshar, YS||Denz, C||Luther-Davies, B

publication date

• August 2000

publisher

• American Physical Society (APS)  Publisher

published in

• Physical Review Letters  Journal

keywords

• 51 Physical Sciences
• 5108 Quantum Physics

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.1424

start page

• 1424

end page

• 1427

volume

• 85

issue

• 7

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.85.1424