title: Counterpropagating dipole-mode vector soliton.
abstract: We experimentally observed a counterpropagating dipole-mode vector soliton in a photorefractive SBN:60Ce crystal. We investigated the transient formation dynamics and show that the formation process differs significantly from the copropagating geometry. The experimental results are compared with fully anisotropic numerical simulations and show good qualitative agreement.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Applied Physics, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, D-48149 Münster, Germany. jschrod@uni-muenster.de
authors.forename: Jochen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schröder
authors.forename: Philip
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jander
authors.forename: Cornelia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Denz
authors.forename: Tobias
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Richter
authors.forename: Kristian
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Motzek
authors.forename: Friedemann
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kaiser