Spontaneous pattern formation in a cavity with incoherent light
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Spontaneous pattern formation in a cavity with incoherent light.
We present the first experimental observation of spontaneous pattern formation in a nonlinear optical cavity in which the circulating light is both spatially and temporally incoherent.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Optics Express
سال: 2004
ISSN: 1094-4087
DOI: 10.1364/opex.12.003481