SPONTANEOUS PATTERN-FORMATION IN AN ABSORPTIVE SYSTEM

被引:87
作者
FIRTH, WJ
SCROGGIE, AJ
机构
[1] Department of Physics and Applied Physics, Glasgow, G4 0NG
来源
EUROPHYSICS LETTERS | 1994年 / 26卷 / 07期
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10.1209/0295-5075/26/7/008
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O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
Spontaneous pattern formation occurs in a ring cavity containing a resonant two-level medium. Non-linear analysis, confirmed by simulations, indicates that both positive and negative hexagonal patterns, as well as rolls, can be stable. Patterns exist because of, and are scaled by, a tilted-wave mechanism.
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页数:6
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