Chaotic and hexagonal spontaneous pattern formation in the cross section of a laser beam in a defocusing Kerr-like film with single feedback mirror

Optics Communications

Volumn 143, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 57-61

  Castaldo, F ^a   Paparo, D ^a   Santamato, E ^a  

^a INFM   (Italy)

Author keywords

Liquid crystals; Nonlinear optics; Pattern formation; Symmetry breaking

Indexed keywords

CHAOS THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LASER RESONATORS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MIRRORS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL FILMS; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT;

PATTERN FORMATION; SYMMETRY BREAKING;

LASER BEAMS;

EID: 0031273515     PISSN: 00304018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0030-4018(97)00350-7     Document Type: Article

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