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One-dimensional modulational instability of broad optical beams in biased centrosymmetric photorefractive crystals

  • Kaiyun Zhan*
  • , Chunfeng Hou
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Harbin Institute of Technology
  • China University of Petroleum (East China)

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Abstract

We study the one-dimensional modulational instability of broad optical beams in biased centrosymmetric photorefractive crystals under steady-state conditions. The one-dimensional modulational instability growth rates are obtained by globally and locally treating the space-charge field, which depend on the external bias field and the ratio of the intensity of optical beam to that of the dark irradiance. Our analysis indicates that the modulational instability growth rate in local effects can be determined from that in nonlocal effects.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)169-172
Number of pages4
JournalPhysics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics
Volume374
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 28 Dec 2009

Keywords

  • Photorefractive crystals
  • Photorefractive effect
  • Spatial soliton

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