Title :
Spontaneous pattern formation upon incoherent waves: From modulation-instability to dynamic equilibrium
Author :
Levi, Liad ; Schwartz, Tal ; Manela, Ofer ; Segev, Mordechai
Author_Institution :
Physics Department and Solid State Institute, Technion, Haifa 32000, Israel
Abstract :
We study long-range propagation of spatially-incoherent light in non-instantaneous nonlinearities, and show that the system eventually reaches dynamic equilibrium, which depends only on the initial coherence, and not on the strength of the nonlinearity.
Keywords :
Chaos; Dynamic equilibrium; Entropy; Modulation coding; Nonlinear optics; Optical modulation; Optical propagation; Pattern formation; Physics; Solid state circuits;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2007. QELS '07
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2007.4431581
