OBSERVATION OF VORTEX SOLITONS CREATED BY THE INSTABILITY OF DARK SOLITON STRIPES

Authors
TIKHONENKO V CHRISTOU J LUTHERDAVIES B KIVSHAR YS
Citation
V. Tikhonenko et al., OBSERVATION OF VORTEX SOLITONS CREATED BY THE INSTABILITY OF DARK SOLITON STRIPES, Optics letters, 21(15), 1996, pp. 1129-1131
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01469592
Volume
21
Issue
15
Year of publication
1996
Pages
1129 - 1131
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(1996)21:15<1129:OOVSCB>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
The first experimental observation to the authors' knowledge is report ed of the generation of optical vortex solitons from instability and b reakup of a dark soliton stripe propagating through a saturable self-d efocusing nonlinear medium. (C) 1996 Optical Society of America