Desyatnikov, Anton SBuccoliero, DanielDennis, Mark RKivshar, Yuri2015-12-102045-2322http://hdl.handle.net/1885/68668We describe theory and simulations of a spinning optical soliton whose propagation spontaneously excites knotted and linked optical vortices. The nonlinear phase of the self-trapped light beam breaks the wave front into a sequence of optical vortex loopsAuthor/s retain copyright201210.1038/srep007712015-12-10