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Domain wall dynamics in an optical Kerr cavity

Víctor J. Sánchez-Morcillo, Víctor Espinosa, and Isabel Pérez-Arjona

Fernando Silva, Germán J. de Valcárcel, and Eugenio Roldán

  • Departament de Física Aplicada, Escuela Politècnica Superior de Gandia, Universitat Politècnica de Valencia, Ctra. Natzaret-Oliva s/n, 46730 Grau de Gandia, Spain

  • Departament d’Òptica, Universitat de València, Dr. Moliner 50, 46100-Burjassot, Spain

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Phys. Rev. E 71, 066209 – Published 22 June, 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/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 behavior, in particular, bursting and spiking. These phenomena are interpreted in terms of the spatiotemporal dynamics of the extended patterns connected by the wall, which display complex dynamical behavior as well. Domain wall interaction, including the formation of bound states is also addressed.

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Phys. Rev. E 71, 066209– Published 22 June, 2005
  • Received 28 October 2004

© 2005 American Physical Society

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