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Miguel Hoyuelos1, Adrián Jacobo
1Departamento de Física, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Funes 3350, 7600 Mar del Plata, Argentina.
Abstract:
The vector complex Ginzburg-Landau equation is an amplitude equation appropriate for describing instabilities in oscillatory media when the order parameter is a vector field (for example, laser light or two-component Bose condensate). It is known that this equation presents a variety of phase singularities or topological defects. We study the parameters that characterize the different kinds of defects and show that the results are useful for a better understanding of the system dynamics.
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