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Dynamics of localized structures in vectorial waves
Hernandez-Garcia1, Hoyuelos, Colet
1Instituto Mediterraneo de Estudios Avanzados, IMEDEA (CSIC-UIB), Campus Universitat Illes Balears, E-07071 Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
Abstract:
Dynamical properties of topological defects in a two dimensional complex vector field are considered. These objects naturally arise in the study of polarized transverse light waves. Dynamics is modeled by a vector complex Ginzburg-Landau equation with parameter values appropriate for linearly polarized laser emission. Creation and annihilation processes, and self-organization of defects in lattice structures, are described. We find "glassy" configurations dominated by vectorial defects and a melting process associated with topological-charge unbinding.
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