Desyatnikov, Anton S.Sukhorukov, Andrey A.Neshev, DragomirOstrovskaya, Elena A.Martin, HectorChen, ZhigangDenz, CorneliaKivshar, Yuri S.2026-01-012026-01-011094-5695ORCID:/0000-0002-4508-8646/work/162529003ORCID:/0000-0002-3410-812X/work/163398029https://hdl.handle.net/1885/733798859We predict novel composite optical solitons consisting of nonlinearly coupled spatially extended (periodic or quasi-periodic) and localized components, and experimentally demonstrate their formation in a photorefractive medium.2en200433645216150