Title :
Cracking of optical patterns
Author :
Oppo, Gian-Luca ; Firth, William J. ; McSloy, John M. ; Harkness, Graeme K.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Strathclyde Univ., Glasgow, UK
Abstract :
This work characterizes the process of cracking of optical patterns by studying the evolution of the homogeneous islands for different values of the parameters, the initial wave-vector and the amplitude of an additive noise. In particular, an initial hexagonal structure is considered with wave-vector smaller than the critical wave-vector of the incoming modulational instability.
Keywords :
optical Kerr effect; optical saturable absorption; pattern formation; Kerr media; additive noise; cracking; homogeneous islands; modulational instability; optical patterns; saturable absorbers; wave-vector; Liquid crystals; Microcavities; Optical devices; Optical scattering; Optical solitons; Photonic integrated circuits; Physics; Stability; Ultraviolet sources; Valves;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics Conference, 2003. EQEC '03. European
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7733-8
DOI :
10.1109/EQEC.2003.1313958