Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 744–747 (2000)Dynamics of Localized Structures in Vectorial WavesReceived 13 July 1999; published in the issue dated 24 July 2000 Dynamical properties of topological defects in a two dimensional complex vector field are considered. These objects naturally arise in the study of polarized transverse light waves. Dynamics is modeled by a vector complex Ginzburg-Landau equation with parameter values appropriate for linearly polarized laser emission. Creation and annihilation processes, and self-organization of defects in lattice structures, are described. We find “glassy" configurations dominated by vectorial defects and a melting process associated with topological-charge unbinding. © 2000 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.744
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.744
PACS:
42.65.Sf, 05.45.-a, 47.54.+r
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