Observation of Vortex-Ring “Discrete” Solitons in 2D Photonic Lattices

Jason W. Fleischer, Guy Bartal, Oren Cohen, Ofer Manela, Mordechai Segev, Jared Hudock, Demetrios N. Christodoulides

Physical Review Letters · 2004 · 367 citations · 27 references

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Abstract

We present the experimental observation of both on-site and off-site vortex-ring solitons of unity topological charge in a nonlinear photonic lattice, along with a theoretical study of their propagation dynamics and stability.

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