Advection effect in a photorefractive single feedback system: from noise- to dynamics- sustained instabilities

N. Marsal; D. Wolfersberger; M. Sciamanna; G. Montemezzani

doi:10.1117/12.854212

4 June 2010 Advection effect in a photorefractive single feedback system: from noise- to dynamics- sustained instabilities

N. Marsal, D. Wolfersberger, M. Sciamanna, G. Montemezzani

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Proceedings Volume 7728, Nonlinear Optics and Applications IV; 77280W (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.854212
Event: SPIE Photonics Europe, 2010, Brussels, Belgium

Abstract

An experimental analysis of the dynamics of optical patterns emerging from a photorefractive two-wave mixing geometry is investigated. The dynamics appears in the system, when a tilted single feedback mirror gives rise to an advection-like effect. Depending on the nonlocal coupling (introduced by the tilting angle) between the two counterpropagating beams, the strength of the nonlocal response of the nonlinear photorefractive bulk medium and the distance mirror-crystal, we report on: the seeding of new pattern geometry, the inversion of pattern transverse phase velocity and the bifurcation from convective to absolute instabilities.

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N. Marsal, D. Wolfersberger, M. Sciamanna, and G. Montemezzani "Advection effect in a photorefractive single feedback system: from noise- to dynamics- sustained instabilities", Proc. SPIE 7728, Nonlinear Optics and Applications IV, 77280W (4 June 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.854212

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