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Abstract: We analyze the propagation of rotating multi-soliton localized structures in optical media with spatially nonlocal nonlinearity. We demonstrate that nonlocality stabilizes the azimuthal breakup of rotating dipole as well as multipole localized soliton modes. We compare the results for two different models of nonlocal nonlinearity and suggest that the stabilization mechanism is a generic property of a spatial nonlocal nonlinear response independent of its particular functional form. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

• POF grating pressure and temperature sensitivities are enhanced by pre-straining. • The pressure sensitivity of POF grating is improved by a factor of five. • The temperature sensitivity of POF grating is boosted by more than a factor of ten. • The sensitivity enhancement is stable above a certain threshold of pre-strain. • Pre-straining enable well-conditioned simultaneous measurements with dual gratings. One of the features of reliable polymer optical fiber (POF) Bragg grating sensors is high sensitivity. Towards this, we have investigated a method to enhance the intrinsic pressure and thermal sensitivity of fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensors inscribed in POFs. By pre-straining the FBG we demonstrated that: (1) the pressure induced mechanical contraction of the fiber can be suppressed, resulting in an increase in the pressure sensitivity of the grating by a factor of 5; and (2) the temperature induced strain can be suppressed, resulting in an increase in the thermal response by more than a factor of 10. The pressure sensitivity enhancement was found to be independent of the amount of pre-strain for levels ranging from 0.07 to 0.33%. The enhancement of the temperature sensitivity was also found to be independent of the amount of pre-strain, but only for temperatures up to when the thermal expansion cancels the pre-strain. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]