Abstract
We present results of semianalytical and numerical study of transversely two-dimensional spatial and spatio-temporal solitons in a laser with a saturable absorber. We demonstrate axially symmetric and asymmetric rotating solitons with wavefront dislocations of different order.
© 2002 Optical Society of America
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