From hexagons to optical turbulence

Author

Santagiustina, Marco ; Gomila, D. ; Colet, Pere ; San Miguel, M. ; Hoyuelos, M.

Author_Institution

Inst. Mediterraneo de Estudios Avanzados, IMEDEA, Palma de Mallorca, Spain

fYear

2000

fDate

10-15 Sept. 2000

Abstract

Summary form only given. The transition from regular static patterns observed in optical systems to spatio-temporal chaotic regimes is not yet well understood. We address this problem in a ring cavity filled with a nonlinear self-focusing Kerr medium pumped by an external field. In the mean-field approximation the transverse dynamics of the slowly varying electric field amplitude E is governed by a driven-damped nonlinear Schroedinger equation.

Keywords

Schrodinger equation; approximation theory; optical Kerr effect; optical chaos; optical pumping; optical resonators; driven-damped nonlinear Schroedinger equation; external field; hexagons; mean-field approximation; nonlinear self-focusing Kerr medium; optical pumping; optical systems; optical turbulence; regular static patterns; ring cavity; slowly varying electric field amplitude; spatio-temporal chaotic regimes; transverse dynamics; Bifurcation; Chaos; Frequency; Microstrip; Nonlinear equations; Nonlinear optics; Optical pumping; Propagation losses; Stability analysis; Variable speed drives;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Quantum Electronics Conference, 2000. Conference Digest. 2000 International

Conference_Location

Nice, France

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6318-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IQEC.2000.907808

Filename

907808