Kaleidoscopic spatial instability: Bifurcations of optical transverse solitary waves

J. W. Grantham; H. M. Gibbs; G. Khitrova; J. F. Valley; Xu Jiajin

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.66.1422

Kaleidoscopic spatial instability: Bifurcations of optical transverse solitary waves

J. W. Grantham, H. M. Gibbs, G. Khitrova, J. F. Valley, Xu Jiajin

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The cell-exit transverse profile for one-way propagation through sodium vapor forms a pattern of spots with complexity and beauty rivaling that of a kaleidoscope. These patterns are stationary in time, reproduce completely when the power or frequency is scanned, and agree well with one-way computations that show that the patterns change very little after one-fifth of the propagation distance, i.e., they exhibit the properties of bifurcations of transverse solitary waves.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1422-1425
Number of pages	4
Journal	Physical review letters
Volume	66
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.66.1422
State	Published - 1991

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