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Helical and Straight Solitons Induced by Vortex Beams with Off-Axis Pivots in Cubic-Quintic Nonlinear Media

Jing Chen·Rongcao Yang·Boris A. Malomed
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We address the existence and dynamics of solitons propagating along helical (spiral-rotating) and straight trajectories in the bulk waveguide with the cubic-quintic nonlinearity and a single- or multi-ring potential. The input is taken as a vortex beam with a single or multiple phase singularities (pivots), displaced from the waveguide's axis. The single off-axis pivot creates a one-ring helical soliton, with a closed or open (split) ring structure. The vortex beams with multiple off-center pivots give rise to complex states with multi-ring, multi-core, and/or multi-split structures. The multi-core/split solitons propagate along helical channels, or straight ones, which are parallel to the propagation axis. The sign and period of the helicity can be precisely adjusted by applying a torque with an appropriate angular velocity.

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Jing Chen, Rongcao Yang, Boris A. Malomed. 2026-09-01. Helical and Straight Solitons Induced by Vortex Beams with Off-Axis Pivots in Cubic-Quintic Nonlinear Media. https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.01155

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