Excitable wave patterns in a spatially extended nonlinear optical cavity

被引：7

作者：

Lu, WP ^{[1
]}

Yu, DJ ^{[1
]}

Harrison, RG ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Heriot Watt Univ, Dept Phys, Edinburgh EH14 4AS, Midlothian, Scotland

来源：

OPTICS LETTERS | 1999年 / 24卷 / 09期

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D O I：

10.1364/OL.24.000578

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

We show that finite external excitation can lead to a traveling wave in an excitable passive optical system with one-dimensional space geometry. We have studied the excitable behavior of this system in parallel with that of its diffusive counterpart and show the effects of optical phase on the traveling-wave solution and its velocity. In two-dimensional space we observe numerically rotating optical spiral waves evolving from a truncated planar wave front. (C) 1999 Optical Society of America.

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页码：578 / 580

页数：3

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