Abstract
We characterize the different dynamical regimes and bifurcations in the transition from a stationary hexagonal pattern to optical turbulence. In order to characterize the bifurcations we perform linear stability analysis of stationary hexagonal patterns and Floquet analysis of oscillating hexagons. The interplay between space and time leads to a series of bifurcations showing spatial-period multiplying and quasiperiodicity.
- Received 8 November 2002
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.68.011801
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