Elliptical solitons in the dissipative Lugiato-Lefever equation

The formation and stability of dissipative solitons in the vector Lugiato-Lefever model are considered for the case when only one of the field components (polarization) is excited by the external coherent pump. It shown that linearly polarized solitons can be destabilized because of the growth of the excitations belonging the orthogonal polarization. Vector (elliptically polarized) solitons bifurcating from linearly polarized ones are found, and the stability and dynamics of the vector solitons are studied.

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The formation and stability of dissipative solitons in the vector Lugiato-Lefever model are studied in the case where only one field component is excited. It is shown that linearly polarized solitons can become unstable due to excitations of the orthogonal polarization. Bifurcating from linearly polarized solitons, vector solitons with elliptical polarization are found and their stability and dynamics are investigated.