Weakly nonparaxial spatial optical solitons in different mechanisms of Kerr nonlinearity

The structure of spatial (two-dimensional transverse) weakly nonparaxial solitons is determined by solving the Maxwell equations for a medium characterized by different mechanisms of Kerr (cubic) nonlinearity in the approximation of beams with a width greatly exceeding the wavelength of light. Two modes are distinguished for these solitons: a trapping mode, with a constant transverse field profile, and a beating mode, with longitudinal oscillations of the field structure. The angular structure of the field in the beating mode (which is realized when the radiation power slightly exceeds the critical power of self-focusing) is determined.