Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 033901 (2001) [4 pages]Necklace-Ring Vector SolitonsReceived 27 December 2000; published 27 June 2001 We introduce novel classes of optical vector solitons that consist of incoherently coupled self-trapped “necklace” beams carrying zero, integer, and even fractional angular momentum. Because of the stabilizing mutual attraction between the components, such stationary localized structures exhibit quasistable propagation for much larger distances than the corresponding scalar vortex solitons and expanding scalar necklace beams. © 2001 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.033901
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.033901
PACS:
42.65.Tg, 41.20.Jb
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