Transverse Patterns in Nonlinear Optical Resonators

• Main Authors: Staliunas, Kestutis (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Sánchez-Morcillo, V.J (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2003.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2003.
• Series: Springer Tracts in Modern Physics, 183
• Subjects: Condensed matter.; Quantum optics.; Lasers.; Photonics.; Condensed Matter Physics.; Quantum Optics.; Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices.
• Physical Description: XIV, 226 p. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783540364160
• ISSN: 0081-3869 ;
• DOI: 10.1007/3-540-36416-1

This book is devoted to the formation and dynamics of localized structures (vortices, solitons) and of extended patterns (stripes, hexagons, tilted waves) in nonlinear optical resonators such as lasers, optical parametric oscillators, and the like. Theoretical analysis is performed by deriving order parameter equations, and also through numerical integration of microscopic models of the systems under investigation. Experimental observations, and possible technological implementations of transverse optical patterns are also discussed. A comparison with patterns found in other nonlinear systems, both optical systems and extended systems in general, is given.