Observation of vortex-ring "discrete" solitons in 2D photonic lattices

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作者
Fleischer, JW [1 ]
Bartal, G
Cohen, O
Manela, O
Segev, M
Hudock, J
Christodoulides, DN
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[1] Technion Israel Inst Technol, Dept Phys, IL-32000 Haifa, Israel
[2] Univ Cent Florida, CREOL, Sch Opt, Orlando, FL 32816 USA
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.123904
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
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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