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OPTICS LETTERS
Volume 36, Issue 1, Pages 85-87Publisher
OPTICAL SOC AMER
DOI: 10.1364/OL.36.000085
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We discover that a spatially localized gain supports stable vortex solitons in media with cubic nonlinearity and two-photon absorption. The interplay between nonlinear losses and gain in amplifying rings results in the suppression of otherwise ubiquitous azimuthal modulation instabilities of radially symmetric vortex solitons. We find that the topology of the gain profile imposes restrictions on the maximal possible charge of vortex solitons. Symmetry breaking occurs at high gain levels, resulting in the formation of necklace vortex solitons composed of asymmetric bright spots. (C) 2010 Optical Society of America
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