Abstract: We address the stability of multipole-mode solitons in nonlocal Kerr-type nonlinear media. Such solitons comprise several out-of-phase peaks packed together by the forces acting between them. We discover that dipole-, triple-, and quadrupole-mode solitons can be made stable, whereas all higher-order soliton bound states are unstable.

Keywords: Fiber optics and optical communications: Buffers, couplers, routers, switches, and multiplexers; Nonlinear optics, devices; Pulse propagation and temporal solitons.

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