We investigate the interaction of two cavity solitons in an optically injected vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL). We show that they experience an attractive force even when their distance is much larger than their diameter, and finally they merge. Since the merging time depends exponentially on the initial distance, we show that the attraction could be associated with an exponentially decaying interaction potential, similarly to what is found for hydrophobic materials.
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