Lin, YuanYaoLee, Ray-KuangKivshar, Yuri2016-03-152016-03-150740-3224http://hdl.handle.net/1885/100242We analyze the transverse instabilities of spatial bright solitons in nonlocal nonlinear media, both analytically and numerically. We demonstrate that the nonlocal nonlinear response leads to a dramatic suppression of the transverse instability of the soliton stripes, and we derive the asymptotic expressions for the instability growth rate in both short- and long-wave approximations.The work of Y. Lin and R.-K. Lee has been partially supported by the National Science Council of Taiwan under contracts 95-2112- M-007-058-MY3 and NSC-95-2120-M-001-006.6 pages© 2008 Optical Society of Americaspatialbrightsolitonsnonlocalnonlinearmedia2008-0410.1364/JOSAB.25.0005762016-06-14