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Stability of spiralling solitary waves in Hamiltonian systems

Dmitry V. Skryabin, John M. McSloy, and William J. Firth
Phys. Rev. E 66, 055602(R) – Published 22 November 2002
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Abstract

We present a rigorous criterion for stability of spiralling solitary structures in Hamiltonian systems incorporating the angular momentum integral and demonstrate its applicability to the spiralling of two mutually incoherent optical beams propagating in a photorefractive material.

  • Received 10 March 2002

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.66.055602

©2002 American Physical Society

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Dmitry V. Skryabin1, John M. McSloy2, and William J. Firth2

  • 1Department of Physics, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY, United Kingdom
  • 2Department of Physics and Applied Physics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G4 0NG, United Kingdom

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Vol. 66, Iss. 5 — November 2002

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