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Published on: July 19, 2016
Observation of vector solitons with hidden vorticity
Yana V Izdebskaya1, Johannes Rebling, Anton S Desyatnikov
1Nonlinear Physics Centre, Research School of Physics and Engineering, The Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia. yvi124@rsphysse.anu.edu.au
Abstract:
This letter reports the first experimental observation, to our knowledge, of optical vector solitons composed of two incoherently coupled vortex components. We employ nematic liquid crystal to generate stable vector solitons with counterrotating vortices and hidden vorticity. In contrast, the solitons with explicit vorticity and corotating vortex components show azimuthal splitting.
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