Observation of vector solitons with hidden vorticity

Izdebskaya, Yana V.; Rebling, Johannes; Desyatnikov, Anton S.; Kivshar, Yuri

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Observation of vector solitons with hidden vorticity

Date

2012-02-17

Authors

Izdebskaya, Yana V.

Rebling, Johannes

Desyatnikov, Anton S.

Kivshar, Yuri

Publisher

Optical Society of America

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.