Chen, ZhigangSegev, MordechaiOstrovskaya, Elena A.Kivshar, Yuri S.2025-12-312025-12-31ORCID:/0000-0002-3410-812X/work/163397933https://hdl.handle.net/1885/733798215The first experimental observation of interaction between vector solitons and the bound states formed due to solitonic gluons is reported. To generate multi-component vector solitons, mutual incoherence in interacting beams was introduced in lieu of employing different frequencies or polarizations. Mutually incoherent beams could be used to form a vector soliton in non-instantaneous nonlinear media.2en19990032638236