Observation of Multivortex Solitons in Photonic Lattices

Bernd Terhalle, Tobias Richter, Anton S. Desyatnikov, Dragomir N. Neshev, Wieslaw Krolikowski, Friedemann Kaiser, Cornelia Denz, and Yuri S. Kivshar
Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 013903 – Published 3 July 2008

Abstract

We report on the first observation of topologically stable spatially localized multivortex solitons generated in optically induced hexagonal photonic lattices. We demonstrate that topological stabilization of such nonlinear localized states can be achieved through self-trapping of truncated two-dimensional Bloch waves and confirm our experimental results by numerical simulations of the beam propagation in weakly deformed lattice potentials in anisotropic photorefractive media.

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  • Received 28 February 2008

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.013903

©2008 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Bernd Terhalle1,2, Tobias Richter3, Anton S. Desyatnikov1, Dragomir N. Neshev1, Wieslaw Krolikowski1, Friedemann Kaiser3, Cornelia Denz2, and Yuri S. Kivshar1

  • 1Nonlinear Physics Center and Laser Physics Center, Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
  • 2Institut für Angewandte Physik and Center for Nonlinear Science (CeNoS), Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, 48149 Münster, Germany
  • 3Institut für Angewandte Physik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany

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Vol. 101, Iss. 1 — 4 July 2008

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