Phase locking in nonlinear optical patterns

Anno: 1997

Autori: Pampaloni E., Residori S., Soria S., Arecchi F.T.

Affiliazione autori: Istituto Nazionale di Ottica, Largo E. Fermi 6, 50125 Firenze, Italy;
Department of Physics, University of Firenze, 50125 Firenze, Italy

Abstract: We report a new type of optical patterns induced by phase locking of several wave vectors with different lengths and orientations. Wave vector selection is due to the optical nonlinearity provided by a Kerr-like medium. The system displays pattern multistability. We characterize the different configurations by the distribution of wave vector families in Fourier space. Even close to threshold, the strong coupling among families yields a collective behavior without critical slowing down, at variance with the isolated behavior of each separate family.

Giornale/Rivista: PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Volume: 78 (6)      Da Pagina: 1042  A: 1045

Parole chiavi: FEEDBACK MIRROR; EQUATIONS;
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.78.1042

Citazioni: 61
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