Observation of two-dimensional multimode solitions

Tal Carmon*, Charalambos Anastassiou, Song Lan, Detlef Kip, Ziad H. Musslimani, Mordechai Segev, Demetrios Christodoulides

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Abstract

We present the first experimental observation of (2 + 1)-dimensional multimode (composite) solitons. A single-hump component and a double-hump (dipole-type) component are jointly self-trapped as a composite soliton in a biased photorefractive crystal.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1113-1115
Number of pages3
JournalOptics Letters
Volume25
Issue number15
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Aug 2000
Externally publishedYes

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