• DocumentCode
    2884527
  • Title

    Selection of the number of spiral arms in an optical pattern-forming system

  • Author

    Huneus, F. ; Ackemann, T. ; Lange, W.

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. fur Angewandte Phys., Munster Univ., Germany
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    12-17 June 2005
  • Firstpage
    112
  • Abstract
    This paper investigates the selection between target patterns and multi-armed spirals. This study shows that the selection between different spirals as well as the mere occurrence of target patterns arid spirals in the present experiment rely on the presence of radial phase gradients. Thus there does not seem to exist an intimate relation to target, patterns and spirals occurring in other systems which do not require inhomogeneous driving.
  • Keywords
    chirality; nonlinear optics; chirality; multiarmed spirals; nonlinear optics; optical pattern-forming system; radial phase gradients; spiral arm selection; target patterns; Arm; Eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; Histograms; Lenses; Magnetic analysis; Magnetic fields; Nitrogen; Nonlinear optics; Optical pumping; Spirals;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics Conference, 2005. EQEC '05. European
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8973-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/EQEC.2005.1567283
  • Filename
    1567283