Three-dimensional vortex solitons in self-defocusing media

  • Nikolaos K. Efremidis*
  • , Kyriakos Hizanidis
  • , Boris A. Malomed
  • , Paolo Di Trapani
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

We demonstrate that families of vortex solitons are possible in a bidispersive three-dimensional nonlinear Schrödinger equation. These solutions can be considered as extensions of two-dimensional dark vortex solitons which, along the third dimension, remain localized due to the interplay between dispersion and nonlinearity. Such vortex solitons can be observed in optical media with normal dispersion, normal diffraction, and defocusing nonlinearity.

Original languageEnglish
Article number113901
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume98
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - 14 Mar 2007

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