Upper threshold for stability of multipole-mode solitons in nonlocal nonlinear media

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BOZKURT M., Kartashov Y., Torner L.

OPTICS LETTERS, vol.30, no.23, pp.3171-3173, 2005 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 30 Issue: 23
  • Publication Date: 2005
  • Doi Number: 10.1364/ol.30.003171
  • Journal Name: OPTICS LETTERS
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.3171-3173
  • Ankara University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

We address the stability of multipole-mode solitons in nonlocal Kerr-type nonlinear media. Such solitons comprise several out-of-phase peaks packed together by the forces acting between them. We discover that dipole-, triple-, and quadrupole-mode solitons can be made stable, whereas all higher-order soliton bound states are unstable. (c) 2005 Optical Society of America.