Experimental observation of speckle instability in Kerr random media

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 106, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Bortolozzo, U ^a   Residori, S ^a   Sebbah, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL THRESHOLD; DISCRETE FREQUENCIES; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; FEEDBACK PROCESS; INTENSITY FLUCTUATIONS; LIQUID CRYSTAL CELLS; LIQUID CRYSTAL MOLECULES; LOCAL VARIATIONS; MEAN FREE PATH; NON-LINEARITY; NONLINEAR MEDIUM; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; RANDOM MEDIA; SPECKLE INSTABILITY; SPECKLE PATTERNS;

FEEDBACK; LIQUID CRYSTALS; NONLINEAR FEEDBACK; PLASMA INTERACTIONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

SPECKLE;

EID: 79952601810     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.103903     Document Type: Article

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