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Highly asymmetric soliton complexes in parabolic optical lattices
Yaroslav V Kartashov1, Victor V Vysloukh, Lluis Torner
1ICFO-Institut de Ciencies Fotoniques, and Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Mediterranean Technology Park, 08860 Castelldefels Barcelona, Spain. Yaroslav.Kartashov@icfo.es
Abstract:
We introduce multipole soliton complexes in optical lattices induced by nondiffracting parabolic beams. Despite the symmetry breaking dictated by the curvature of the lattice channels, we find that complex, asymmetric higher-order states can be stable. The unique topology of parabolic lattices affords new types of soliton motion: single solitons launched into the lattice with nonzero transverse momentum perform periodic oscillations along parabolic paths.
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