title: Stability of two-dimensional spatial solitons in nonlocal nonlinear media.
abstract: We discuss the existence and stability of two-dimensional solitons in media with spatially nonlocal nonlinear response. We show that such systems, which include thermal nonlinearity and dipolar Bose-Einstein condensates, may support a variety of stationary localized structures, including rotating dipole solitons. We also demonstrate that the stability of these structures critically depends on the spatial profile of the nonlocal response function.
authors.affiliation: Laser Physics Center, Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia. stefan.skupin@cea.fr
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Skupin
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Bang
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Edmundson
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Krolikowski