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Dynamics of nonlinear rotating light waves: hysteresis and interaction of wave structures

S. A. Akhmanov, M. A. Vorontsov, A. V. Larichev


Abstract: Theoretical and experimental studies were made of a new class of nonlinear optical effects, rotating waves, optical reverberators (multilobe structures), and helical waves carrying a high topological charge. Hysteresis of two-dimensional wave structures was observed and interpreted quantitatively, and the role of small- and large-scale transverse interactions in the generation of structures and excitation of optical turbulence was examined.

UDC: 621.373.826

PACS: 42.65.-k, 42.81.Qb, 42.70.Mp

Received: 01.12.1989

 English version: Soviet Journal of Quantum Electronics, 1990, 20:4, 325–326

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