Domain wall dynamics in an optical Kerr cavity
arXiv:nlin/0411043 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.71.066209
Abstract
An anisotropic (dichroic) optical cavity containing a self-focusing Kerr medium is shown to display a bifurcation between static --Ising-- and moving --Bloch-- domain walls, the so-called nonequilibrium Ising-Bloch transition (NIB). Bloch walls can show regular or irregular temporal behaviour, in particular, bursting and spiking. These phenomena are interpreted in terms of the spatio-temporal dynamics of the extended patterns connected by the wall, which display complex dynamical behaviour as well. Domain wall interaction, including the formation of bound states is also addressed.
15 pages Tex file with 11 postscript figures. Resubmitted to Phys. Rev. E
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