Two-dimensional modulational instability in photorefractive media

M. Saffman*, Glen McCarthy, Wieslaw Królikowski

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    Abstract

    We study theoretically and experimentally the modulational instability of broad optical beams in photorefractive nonlinear media. The angular dependence of the growth rate of periodic perturbations is calculated. Our findings are confirmed by experimental measurements on a strontium barium niobate photorefractive crystal.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)S397-S403
    Number of pages7
    JournalJournal of Optics B: Quantum and Semiclassical Optics
    Volume6
    Issue number5
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - May 2004

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