Composite spatial solitons in a saturable nonlinear bulk medium

• Published in: Applied physics. B, Lasers and optics Vol. 72; no. 6; pp. 723 - 727
• Main Authors: Weilnau, C., Królikowski, W., Ostrovskaya, E.A., Ahles, M., Geisser, M., McCarthy, G., Denz, C., Kivshar, Y.S., Luther-Davies, B.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01.05.2001
• Subjects: Beams (radiation); Computer simulation; Gaussian beams (optics); Laser modes; Lasers; Mathematical models; Nonlinearity; Solitons

We review the generation of the recently predicted multi-component spatial optical solitons in a saturable nonlinear bulk medium. We present numerical simulations for an effectively isotropic model and experimental results for a set of different combinations of a Gaussian beam co-propagating incoher...