Buildup of spontaneous hexagonal patterns in photorefractive BaTiO_3 with a feedback mirror
- 1 September 1995
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Optics Letters
- Vol. 20 (17) , 1755-1757
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.20.001755
Abstract
Spontaneous formation of optical patterns is demonstrated in a system consisting of a BaTiO3 crystal and a feedback mirror. The buildup and the dependence on the feedback path length of the patterns are described. A possible mechanism of the pattern formation is discussed.Keywords
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