Generation of stable multi-vortex clusters in a dissipative medium with anti-cubic nonlinearity

Abstract: We demonstrate the generation of vortex solitons in a model of dissipative optical media with the singular anti-cubic (AC) nonlinearity, by launching a vorticity-carrying Gaussian input into the medium modeled by the cubic-quintic complex Ginzburg-Landau equation with the additional AC term. The effect of the latter term on the beam propagation is investigated in detail. An analytical result is produced for the asymptotic form of fundamental and vortical solitons at r --> 0, which is determined by the AC term. Numerical simulations identify parameter domains which maintain stable dissipative solitons in the form of vortex clusters. The number of vortices in the clusters is equal to the vorticity embedded in the Gaussian input.