Abstract

We present a new, to the best of our knowledge, type of vector three-dimensional dissipative optical solitons with more extended degrees of freedom in a laser or laser medium with saturable absorption. These solitons are reconfigurable, include polarization singularities, and have various mutual orientations of nearly toroidal localization domains of polarization components. Numerical modeling confirms the stability of these solitons and breathers and reveals their symmetry and even “supersymmetry,” as well as transformations when parameters leave the stability region. These solitons, which have no scalar analogs, are capable of carrying more than one bit of information. Our results expand the “alphabet” of solitons and can provide a route to breakthroughs in larger-capacity communication and information applications.

© 2024 Optica Publishing Group

Mode conversion of various solitons in parabolic and cross-phase potential wells

Qing Wang, Dumitru Mihalache, Milivoj R. Belić, and Ji Lin
Opt. Lett. 49(6) 1607-1610 (2024)

Determining triple half-twist of optical Möbius strips in electromagnetic fields with a non-planar structure

K. S. Grigoriev and V. A. Makarov
Opt. Lett. 49(8) 2133-2136 (2024)

Optimizing auxiliary laser heating for Kerr soliton microcomb generation

Yanlan Xiao, Sirong Qian, Qingsong Bai, Huashun Wen, Yong Geng, Yan Wang, Hongan Lai, Baicheng Yao, Kun Qiu, Jing Xu, and Heng Zhou
Opt. Lett. 49(5) 1129-1132 (2024)

Folded interferometer to measure coherence–polarization matrix

Sourav Chandra, Akanksha Gautam, and Rakesh Kumar Singh
Opt. Lett. 49(2) 326-329 (2024)

Fractional topological charge measurement through optical correlation

Allarakha Shikder, Jyoti Bikash Mohapatra, and Naveen K. Nishchal
Opt. Lett. 49(8) 2017-2020 (2024)