title: Rotating propeller solitons.
abstract: We demonstrate experimentally and theoretically (both analytically and numerically) a new type of spatial soliton: a rotating "propeller" soliton. This is a composite soliton made of a rotating dipole component jointly trapped with a bell-shaped component. We observe as much as 239 degrees of rotation over 13 mm of propagation (6.5 diffraction lengths).
authors.affiliation: Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000, Israel.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Carmon
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Uzdin
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pigier
authors.forename: Z H
authors.initials: ZH
authors.lastname: Musslimani
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Segev
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nepomnyashchy