title: Multicomponent dipole-mode spatial solitons.
abstract: We study (2+1) -dimensional multicomponent spatial vector solitons with a nontrivial topological structure of their constituents and demonstrate that these solitary waves exhibit a symmetry-breaking instability, provided their total topological charge is nonzero. We describe a novel type of stable multicomponent dipole-mode solitons with intriguing swinging dynamics.
authors.forename: Anton S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Desyatnikov
authors.forename: Yuri S
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Kivshar
authors.forename: Kristian
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Motzek
authors.forename: Friedemann
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kaiser
authors.forename: Carsten
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Weilnau
authors.forename: Cornelia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Denz