Robust control of switching of localized structures and its dynamics in a single-mirror feedback scheme

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 707-715

  Schapers B ^a   Ackemann, T ^a   Lange, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEEDBACK CONTROL; LASER BEAMS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS);

SWITCHING DYNAMICS;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 0000612895     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.19.000707     Document Type: Conference Paper

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