Title :
Beselfunction modes, symmetry breaking and phase transitions in diffractive optical pattern formation processes
Author :
Macdonald, R. ; Danlewski, H.
Author_Institution :
Opt. Inst., Tech. Univ. Berlin, Germany
Abstract :
Our experimental results and analytical description of the patterns will be discussed and compared with numerical simulations of an arbitrary Kerr-slice in front of a feedback mirror considering Gaussian input beams, and with more specific simulations of a liquid crystal film in the investigated arrangement which have been performed very recently
Keywords :
liquid crystal devices; mirrors; optical Kerr effect; optical bistability; optical feedback; optical films; spontaneous symmetry breaking; Beselfunction modes; Gaussian input beams; arbitrary Kerr-slice; diffractive optical pattern formation processes; feedback mirror; liquid crystal film; numerical simulations; optical bistability; phase transitions; symmetry breaking; Charge coupled devices; Lenses; Liquid crystal displays; Mirrors; Nonlinear optics; Optical diffraction; Optical films; Optical modulation; Optical refraction; Optical variables control;
Conference_Titel :
Nonlinear Optics: Materials, Fundamentals, and Applications, 1994. NLO '94 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Waikoloa, HI
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1473-5
DOI :
10.1109/NLO.1994.470863
