Instabilities and chaos in the polarizations of counterpropagating light fields

Alexander L. Gaeta, Robert W. Boyd, Jay R. Ackerhalt, and Peter W. Milonni
Phys. Rev. Lett. 58, 2432 – Published 8 June 1987
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We show that the polarizations of counterpropagating light waves in an isotropic Kerr medium are temporally unstable when their total intensity exceeds a certain threshold value. Periodic and chaotic temporal behavior can occur in the output polarizations and under certain conditions also in the output intensities.

  • Received 6 April 1987

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.58.2432

©1987 American Physical Society

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Alexander L. Gaeta and Robert W. Boyd

  • The Institute of Optics, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627

Jay R. Ackerhalt and Peter W. Milonni

  • Los Alamos National Laboratory, University of California, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545

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Vol. 58, Iss. 23 — 8 June 1987

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