Propagation of coupled dipole-mode beams in nonlocal thermal media

The mutual trapping of two dipole-mode beams is investigated numerically in nonlocal thermal media. Results show that the incoherent attraction of perpendicularly aligned dipole-mode beams can enhance the stability of their composite structure. When the powers of the dipole components are identical, the larger the power, the shorter the stable distance. While when the powers are different, the closer the powers, and the longer the stable distance. Furthermore numerical results proved that the coupled solitary structures exhibit stable propagation for much larger distances than the corresponding scalar cases.