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Gonzague Agez1, Marcel G Clerc, Eric Louvergneaux
1Departamento de Física, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas, Universidad de Chile, Casilla 487-3, Santiago, Chile.
Abstract:
A universal analytical expression for the supercritical bifurcation shape of transverse one-dimensional (1D) systems in the presence of additive noise is given. The stochastic Langevin equation of such systems is solved by using a Fokker-Planck equation, leading to the expression for the most probable amplitude of the critical mode. From this universal expression, the shape of the bifurcation, its location, and its evolution with the noise level are completely defined. Experimental results obtained for a 1D transverse Kerr-type slice subjected to optical feedback are in excellent agreement.
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