Abstract
We report existence of a qualitatively distinct class of spiral waves in the two-dimensional cubic-quintic complex Ginzburg-Landau equation. These are stable clusters of localized states rotating around a central vortex core emerging due to interference of the tails of the individual states involved. We also develop an asymptotic theory allowing calculation of the angular frequency and stability analysis of the rotating clusters.
- Received 14 October 2001
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.044101
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